Abstract:

İsmail Hakkı Baltacıoğlu was born in İstanbul on 28.02.1886. His father was Baltacıoğlu İbrahim Ethem Efendi from Mucur district of Kırşehir, and his mother was Hamide Hanım from Düzce. İsmail Hakkı Baltacıoğlu experienced Abdülhamid Revolution II, Constitutionalist Period II, and Republic and post-1950 multi-party period. He died on 1 April 1978 in Ankara. İsmail Hakkı Baltacıoğlu was a well-versed person in many areas. He was a pedagogue, an educator, an intellectual and scientist. At the same time, he was involved in politics during his time because he was among founders of the Free Republican Party. He was one of the most famous rhetoricians of that period. Also he wrote novels and plays. Believing that education is a prerequisite for a nation’s development, İsmail Hakkı Baltacıoğlu argued that it can be ensured by schooling of girls besides boys. In his opinion, women should receive education in not only handwork and householding but also child rearing. İsmail Hakkı Baltacıoğlu placed much emphasis on changing the current education system because it relies on memorization being detrimental to personal initiatives, will and courage. The system also leads our people to be lazy and unmotivated. From his point of view, educators must play a more important role than family and environment for bringing up a well-educated generation. Hence, profession of teaching is of utmost importance. He thought that pedagogy, as working area of educators, meant all to a nation

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