The examination of educational philosophy of Turkish national education councils between 1946 and 2014

The frame of this study is the decisions of the National Education Councils between 1946 and 2014 and the reflection of these decisions on educational policy. The main purpose of this study is to analyse the effect of the decisions of the National Education Councils on the Education System according to educational philosophy. The study is based on descriptive analyses using the method of literature review. The issues in the literature review are the official sources of the National Education Council which started in 1946 because of the transition to the multi- party system in Turkey, journals about communiqués (Tebliğler Dergileri) as well the actual research reports about the National Education System. The analyses for the National Education Council occurred with the method of literature review. Different political periods in Turkey define the goals in education. Therefore, the National Education Councils were separated into different political eras and were analysed under educational philosophy with the titles: national education, secularism and modernisation, democratic education, educational philosophy and constructivism. At the end of the research, the result shows that some decisions of the National Education Council could be in relationship with essentialism, perennialism and pragmatism. Moreover, the main decisions of the National Education Councils could not be realised all over the country. Keywords: Educational Philosophy, Educational Policy, Educational Goals, Educational Ideologies, History of Education