COURSE UNIT TITLE

: RELIGIOUS EDUCATION IN TURKISH REPUBLICAN ERA

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ILS 4486 RELIGIOUS EDUCATION IN TURKISH REPUBLICAN ERA ELECTIVE 2 0 0 5

Offered By

Theology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR VELI ÖZTÜRK

Offered to

Theology
Theology (Evening)

Course Objective

To give general view of republican period of Education. To examine the general laws that conducts the religious education from the beginning of the Republic. To clarify how much religious education taking place in schools according to educational politics. To evaluate the discussions about religious education.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students will be able to explain formal education in Republican era and compare it with school s programme.
2   They can give sufficient information about the structure and changes that religious high schools had from their beginnings.
3   They will explain the establishment period and developments of the theology faculties.
4   They will have a point of view on Turkish religious education s understanding and its ties with socio-cultural process.
5   They can evaluate the politics of religious education in republican period.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 General look on religious education in pre-Republican era
2 The reorganizational attempts in religious education in pre-republican era.
3 Religious educational institutions and religious lessons before republic
4 Educational politics during the establishment of the Republic and their effects on religious education
5 The law of Tawhid-i Tadrisat (centralisation of education) and its importance and results for religious education
6 The discussions about religious education in earlier years of Turkish Grand National Assembly
7 Education politics in one-party state era
8 Mid-Term exam
9 The transition to multi-party system and Religious education politics
10 Religious education in primary and secondary schools
11 Vocational religious high schools
12 Theology faculties
13 The changes in religious education after 1980
14 The evaluation to process of programme development in religious education

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Yahya Akyüz,. Başlangıçtan 2001 e Kadar Türk Eğitim Tarihi, Istanbul 2001
2. Halis Ayhan, Türkiye de Din Eğitimi, Ankara 2004
3. Suat Cebeci, Din Eğitimi Bilimi ve Türkiyede Din Eğitimi, Ankara,1996.
4. , Beyza Bilgin, Eğitim Bilimi ve Din Eğitimi, Ankara 2001.
5. Veli Oztürk, Cumhuriyet Dönemi Milli Eğitim Şuralarında Din ve Ahlak Eğitimi ile ilgili Alınan Kararlar ve Tartışmalar, Izmir 2010.
6. Beyza Bilgin , Osmanlılarda Yüksek Din Eğitimi, , Ankara 1978.
7. Türk Eğitim Sistemi, 15. ve 16. Yüzyıllarda Osmanlı Medreseleri. Istanbul 2005
8. Salih Zeki Zengin, Medreselerden Darülfünuna Türkiye de Yüksek Din Eğitimi, Istanbul 2011.
9. Necdet Sakaoğlu, Osmanlıdan Günümüze Eğitim Tarihi, Istanbul 2003
10. Cavit Binbaşıoğlu, Başlangıçtan Günümüze Türk Eğitim Tarihi, Ankara 2009.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + BUT * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The students will be assessed based on success in their mid-term and final exams along with their performance during the classes throughout the semester.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

veli.ozturk@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Free

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 12 12
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 5 65
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 117

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51