The document discusses education in Turkey and around the world. It includes activities for students to discuss their own education experiences, school grades, and quotes from a report on how rich countries have failed to meet commitments to fund universal primary education in poor nations. Students also engage in a role play activity about education aid for developing countries.

1. Istanbul Bilgi University
Presented by C.M.Herrington, MAA, MAT

2. Education Brainstorm
Spend two minutes writing
down all of the different
words you associate with
education. Share your words
with the class on the white
board and then talk about
them.

3. My Education: in pairs (English please)
In pairs , talk about your own education.
1) Was it good quality?
2) Were (are) you happy with it?
3) Do you feel lucky to have received it?
4) How could it have been better?
5) Has it afforded/Will it offer…you a good or
promising lifestyle?
6) What were you best at?
7) Who was your favorite teacher and why?
Share what you learnt with the class about what
your partner told you. “mirror back what you
heard”

4. School Report Cards: Work with a different partner
Talk about your school reports (Karne). How
did you do in the following (if you can’t
remember, you can assess yourself)?
• Enthusiasm
• Attentiveness
• Homework
• Examinations
• Participation in class
• Physical education
• Math
• English
• History
• Art

5. Group work: Read and comment on the following quotes taken from the
Global Campaign for Education’s report, “Missing the Mark: A School Report
on rich countries’ contribution to Universal Primary Education by 2015”:
C. To do enough to reach the universal
A. “At this defining moment in primary education goal, 10 rich countries
history, we must be ambitious. Our must meet the target of giving 0,7 % of
action must be a urgent as the Gross National Income to assist
developing countries.
need, and on the same scale”,-UN
General Secretary Kofi Annan
D. Books and teachers, not consultants
and red tape, are the priority for poor
B. “ What you have always declared is that countries.
we, boys and girls, are the future. You said
it with a lot of enthusiasm, but as soon as
E. “In our community we have no toilets
you got elected, you forgot about your and we have to drink dirty water. There
words. We are not the future, we are the isn’t a clinic. We have to work all the
present. “ –Dante Fernandez time, even us children, and there is never
Aguilhar, 13, Peru enough to eat. Those are very hard things.
But not getting a change to go to school:
that’s the worst. It makes you feel like
your future has already been thrown
away”. -12 yr old Priti, who was born into
bonded labor in Nepal

6. Prediction: Look at the article’s headline and guess whether
these sentences are T or F. On a sheet of paper write your answer.
Headline:
World Education Missing the Mark
a) School grades in rich countries are worsening.
b) Rich countries have broken promises to poor countries.
c) Eight hundred million children worldwide are receiving no education.
d) Rich countries are depriving children in poor countries of an education.
e) The USA and Austria go an “F” grade for aid provision in a global report.
f) Former President Bush worked to improve on keeping the American
promise of aid.
g) Fighter planes are more important than education
h) Rich nations are throwing away a chance for a stable future for
everyone

7. Preview Vocabulary: Synonym Match
breaking improving
funding assessment
report defaulting on
living up to aid
making strides realizing

8. While Reading: Gap-Fill- Fill the gaps with the words in the
column on the right of your handout.
Number the gaps 1-10.

9. Check your answers to the T/F
prediction exercise.
a) School grades in rich countries are A. F
worsening.
b) Rich countries have broken promises to B. T
poor countries.
C. F
c) Eight hundred million children
worldwide are receiving no education. D. T
d) Rich countries are depriving children in E. T
poor countries of an education.
e) The USA and Austria go an “F” grade for F. T
aid provision in a global report.
G. ? Opinion
f) Former President Bush worked to
improve on keeping the American H. T
promise of aid.
g) Fighter planes are more important than
education
h) Rich nations are throwing away a chance
for a stable future for everyone

10. Check your answers to the GAP Fill
1. Promises How did you do?
2. Established
3. Donor
4. Score
5. Preventing
6. Aid
7. Top
8. Yet
9. Get
10.all

11. Create 1 question you would like to discuss with
the class about the article. (5 minutes)
Pool the questions as a class to discuss.

12. Discussion:
A. What did you think about the article? H. Would you give money to help educate
the world’s poorest children?
B. Did anything in this article surprise
you? What? I. What grade (A-F) would you give to
Turkey’s education system? Why?
C. What do you think of the
G8(previously G7)group of nations? J. Why do countries spend so much on war
planes and so little on education?
D. How important is universal primary
education and why? K. What problems are caused by not
providing education in poor countries?
E. How would you feel about our
children having no primary education? L. Will world poverty ever be ended?
F. Is primary education a human right? M. Ask your questions.
G. Are you surprised so many countries
broke their promises on aid? Why or
Why not?

13. World Education Role Play: Use the role play cards in a
discussion about aid for education in developing countries.
Team up with partners to discuss your roles and “ strategy”
before the role play begins. Prepare a 5 minute role play.
(15 minutes) 4 groups of 4.
1. Read your role
2.Brainstorm on
ways to conduct
your role play.
3. Practice
4.Show time

14. Homework
1. Letter: Write a letter to your
government explaining the
importance of providing aid for
education- especially at primary
level.
2. Mail your letters to the Education
Minister.
3. http://www.meb.gov.tr/siteharita
si/