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A phenomenon in the making: the Hizmet Movement, its philosophy on education, schools, and notions of bilingual education

Incetas, Yusuf

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Title
A phenomenon in the making: the Hizmet Movement, its philosophy on education, schools, and notions of bilingual education
Author(s)
Incetas, Yusuf
Issue Date
2014-05-30T16:52:45Z
Director of Research (if dissertation) or Advisor (if thesis)
Willis, Arlette I.
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Willis, Arlette I.
Committee Member(s)
  • Garcia, Georgia E.
  • Harris, Violet J.
  • Yurtsever, Ali
Department of Study
Curriculum and Instruction
Discipline
Secondary & Continuing Educ
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Date of Ingest
2014-05-30T16:52:45Z
Keyword(s)
  • Hizmet Movement (HM)
  • Fethullah Gulen
  • Gulenian philosophy
  • bilingual education
  • multicultural education
  • bilingualism
  • multiculturalism
  • social context of education
  • education
  • language education
  • phenomenology
  • bricolage
  • Hizmet phenomenon
  • phenomenological research
  • Gulen Movement (GM)
  • Fethullah Gülen
  • The Gülenian philosophy
  • Gülen Movement
  • Gülen
Abstract
Education in general, and bilingual education in particular, faces many challenges in the U.S. As an immigrant receiving country, the U.S. is in dire need of sound language programs that will both maintain the use of home language and improve the English proficiency of bilingual children. This will also benefit the monolingual English-speaking students as well. This study looks into a new emerging movement deeply involved in education: The Hizmet Movement (HM). Its emergence, philosophy, educational practices, and approaches to bilingual education are the focus of the study. The research question aims to bring out the views of HM administrators on education as well as bilingual education. The present day leader of the HM, Mr. Fethullah Gülen, was interviewed and his responses were taken as the basis for the HM’s educational philosophy. Phenomenology was adopted as a research method to collect, process, and analyze data. Some key findings include the following: a) the HM participants see education as a lifelong process to be pursued with passion and interest, b) the Gülenian approach offers a more Sufism oriented socio-cultural approach to education that includes altruism, inner ethics, morality, and tolerance, c) bilingual education does not exist in HM schools. However, those schools qualify as multicultural and/or multilingual schools in terms of student body with educators offering education in a monolingual setting, d) Mr. Gülen sees women as an indispensable part of the society and education.
Graduation Semester
2014-05
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Copyright 2014 Yusuf Incetas

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