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Isik and Sener examine the work of Fethullah Gülen who is the inspiration behind the Hizmet movement which has opened schools and dialogue societies across the world. Gülen’s philosophy of education is examined through three perspectives: humanistic, social and global. Hizmet schools are then looked at with secondary data from a number of sources from different countries. An academic focus on the sciences and the creation of national and international Science Olympiads are analysed with the claim that competitive events like this one strengthen education. Teachers are critical and crucial within this ideology and their commitment in many countries is underlined. The arguments are balanced between almost the total commitment of teachers to the altruist temptations of material gain. The events in July 2016 in Turkey are also covered by the authors with the continued need to allow all dialogues to be heard in multicultural settings.
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Isik, F., Sener, O. (2018). A Dialogic Model of Education. In: Race, R. (eds) Advancing Multicultural Dialogues in Education. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60558-6_8
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