Education in Constitutions in a Globalised World (A Context Analysis)
Erdal Toprakçı
Eğitim Fakültesi, Ege Üniversitesi, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey.
Ali Ihsan Yanar *
Department of EMSPE, Ege University, Turkey.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
In the globalised world where people travel from one country to other easily and also live there, it may be crucial to know the similarity or the difference of constitutions, the basis of the whole legal regulations in the country where they will live and adopt. The aim of this study is to “find out the most emphasized educational points in countries’ constitutions and whether the educational items differ or not according to the development level of countries and to compare educational items of countries in the constitutions. So educational items of 187 countries’ constitutions which take place in Human Development Report are examined and analysed in terms of development level of countries. When the items in the constitutions are examined, it is seen that the most repeated item is “Equality in Education” and there is no relation between number of referring to education in constitutions and the development level of countries.
Keywords: Constitution, development level of countries, educational rights.