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When the 'Classical Period' is mentioned in the Ottoman Empire, it is the period from 14th century, when the state became an empire; to the 17th century, when the first modernization movements began. Educational activities in the Classical Period; It was carried out both in formal education institutions such as schools and madrasahs; and also in non-formal education institutions such as mosques, libraries, and houses of scholars and statesmen. In these institutions, where education was provided at different levels, the works used as textbooks and the educational methods differed on an institutional and periodic basis. Moreover, the education in these institutions during Ottoman Empire was progressed not through curricula as it is today, but through the book-teacher-student relationship, as in the education system inherited from the Islamic tradition. Thus, the books and their contents became the only resources that determined the educational system. In this paper, inspired by the fact that studies on the Ottoman scientific tradition are mostly on religious sciences and there are very few studies on rational sciences (positive sciences), the works on natural sciences published in the Ottoman Empire during the Classical Period (XIV.-XVII. centuries) have been examined from primary sources using the document analysis method. Due to the large sample pool, the scope of this study in Natural Sciences works is limited to the fields of Physics, Chemistry, Geology and Mineralogy, which deal with inanimate objects on earth. In this context, an evaluation will be made regarding the understanding of rational sciences in the Ottoman Classical Period. In addition to contributing to the studies on the 'History of Natural Sciences of Ottoman Civilization', it is also aimed to be a guiding source for Ottoman Science research as it is the first study in which the natural science works taught in educational institutions will be examined in the form of an annotated bibliography.
Short Biography
Nazıme Özgür Tamdoğan is a doctoral thesis student in the field of 'History of Science' at the Department of Philosophy at Ankara University. Additionally, he works as a Science Field Expert at the Board of Education and Discipline, an organization affiliated with the Turkish Ministry of National Education. He graduated from Hacettepe University, Faculty of Education, Department of Science Teaching in 2011. He also graduated from Hacettepe University, Institute of Educational Sciences, Department of Mathematics and Science Education, with a master's degree in 2017. Research interests; History and Philosophy of Science, Ottoman Mathematics-Science Education and History. However, his latest works; He focuses on Ottoman Science Education and History. Among his recent publications;
• “Optics Discussion in Chief Hoca İshak Efendi's Mecmûa-i Ulûm-ı Riyâziye” (Kırıkkale University, DAFSEM Symposium, November 2024)
• With his article titled “Modernization in the Context of Sending Students Abroad in the Ottoman Empire” (Daruşşifa Magazine, June 2024, C.I).
• The book titled "Old Lettered Turkish Mathematics Bio-bibliography" (Nobel Academic Publishing, September, 2024), which consists of translations and transcriptions from Old Turkish works and historical printed and manuscript reviews translated into today's Turkish, includes the author's works consisting of 17 book chapters.
The author's previously published research is listed below:
• 10 book chapters in two different encyclopedias belonging to the same series named “Pioneers of Science in Islamic Civilization Physics-Chemistry-Biology”, “Pioneers of Science in Islamic Civilization Medicine” (Hitit University Faculty of Theology Book Project, 2021),
• Article titled "Examination of Teachers' and Experts' Opinions on Teaching Turkish-Islamic Scholars in Science Lessons" (Milli Eğitim Dergisi, 2019),
• Master's thesis titled "Expert and Teacher Opinions on Teaching Turkish-Islamic Scholars in Secondary School Science Courses" (Hacettepe University, 2017),
• International declaration titled “Evaluation of Turkish-Islamic Scientists' and Scholars' Integration into Science Teaching and Learning” (IHPST Congress, IHPST Biennial Conference, 2017),
• International papers titled “Comparison of Western and Islamic Scholars in Science Textbooks and Curriculums” (EJER Congress, 2015).
• In addition, he gave a series of lectures on "Turkish-Islamic Scholars and Their Studies" to teachers between 2017-2018 at the 'Turkish-Islamic Academy' established by the Ministry of Education Istanbul Directorate of National Education.
| Keywords | Ottoman Empire classical period, history of science, education and teaching, natural sciences |
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| nazimetamdogan@gmail.com | |
| Affiliation | Ankara University |
