Özet:

Game writing has a 2500 year history, but the history of related academic education is only 100 years old. The first dramatic writing courses at the bachelor's level were taught at Harvard University in 1905 and Yale University in 1925. Then dramatic literary education has spread in various levels at different universities. In Turkey, the first play writing education began in 1964 at the University of Ankara, in 1976 at the University of Ege, today is continued at seven universities. There is no study in the context of the production of recommendations for the evaluation and development of dramatic literary education programs in Turkey. However, a study that compared domestic and foreign education programs has not been found in the summer scan result. It is important and necessary to study and open to discussion the scope of different programs in order to develop the training programs carried out in a field of science. It is believed that this research will contribute to the field of writing. The aim of this research is to compare the dramatic writing/game writing training programs in Turkey and the United States. The scope of the research is made up of the data of the 2018-2019 educational/learning year of universities that actively carry out dramatic literary education in Turkey and the United States. The United States was chosen as the first country in which dramatic literature education began to be given at the bachelor’s level. This study is a profiling study and the horizontal approach used in comparative educational research as a method has been adopted, the quality research methods have been applied to document examination, the differences in program level, content, entry and graduation conditions, are presented in the context of mandatory and optional courses.

Özet:

Playwriting has a history of 2500 years while its academic education has only 100 years’ history. The first undergraduate level courses about dramatic writing began to be given in Harvard University in 1905 and at Yale University in 1925. Dramatic writing education then began to spread to different countries at various levels. In Turkey, the first playwriting courses began to be given at Ankara University in 1964 and Ege University in 1976. Today, dramatic writing education continues in seven different universities. There are no studies that evaluates dramatic writing education programs in Turkey, and that make suggestions to develop existing programs. Besides, review of available literature reveals that there is no research that compares the education programs in Turkey and in the rest of the world. In order to improve existing education programs in a discipline, it is very important and necessary to examine the scopes of different education programs and open them to discussion; hence this study will contribute to available literature in this respect. The aim of this study is to analyze dramatic writing/playwriting education programs in Turkey and the USA comparatively. The scope of this study is limited by 2018-2019 academic year data of active education programs in Turkey and the USA. The USA is chosen since it is the first country where dramatic writing undergraduate level education began. The study makes a profile using available data. In addition to preferring a horizontal approach as in most comparative education studies, the study uses qualitative research methods, mainly documentation analysis. Differences between program levels, student quotas, admission and graduation conditions, compulsory and elective courses are taken into account    

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