Cemil Sena Ongun

Pedagogue and writer (b. 1894, Seydişehir / Konya - d. April 1981). He graduated from İstanbul University, Faculty of Letters and from İstanbul High Teacher Training School, Department of Philosophy (1916) and Sorbonne University, Department of Philosophy (1927). He was appointed as a teacher of psychology and pedagogy at Niğde Teachers Training School, his first place of duty. In the succeeding years, he served as a teacher of philosophy, sociology, pedagogy at various high schools and teacher training schools in Anatolia and in İstanbul.  

He had served as the assistant director of İstanbul University School and Education Museum, supervisor of Cultural Office of the Ministry of National Education and as an officer in Ankara Museum. Also a journalist in the newspaper Hakimiyet-i Milliye (1920-23), Cemil Sena has works in the genres of essay, research, monograph as well as subsidiary lecture books.

WORKS:

Umumi Usul-i Tedris (General Method of Education, 1928), Hususi Tedris Usulleri (Special Methods of Education, 1930), Ameli Tedris Usulleri (Practical Methods of Education, 1930), Estetik (Aesthetics, 1931), Allah Fikrinin Tekâmülü (The Evolution of the Idea of God, 1934), Mufassal Tedris Usulleri (Detailed Methods of Education, 1935), Yeni Kadın (The New Woman, 1936), Büyük Adam Olmak (To Be a Great Man, 1940), Yahya Kemal (Yahya Kemal, 1947), Mehmet Akif (Mehmet Akif, 1947), Sanat Sistemleri ve Ahmet Haşim'in Sembolizmi (Systems of Art and Symbolism of Ahmet Haşim, 1947), Saadet Yolları (Paths of Welfare, 1948), Büyük Filozoflar Ansiklopedisi / 4 cilt (Encyclopedia of Great Philosophers, 4 volumes, 1957-66, 1970), Hz. Muhammed'in Felsefesi (The Philosophy of Esteemed Prophet Muhammed, 1967), İnsanlar ve Ahlâklar (Human Beings and Morals, 1970).