COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SOCIO-CULTURAL THEORIES IN RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FDB 6252 SOCIO-CULTURAL THEORIES IN RELIGIOUS EDUCATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR YUSUF CEYLAN

Offered to

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Course Objective

Provide information about the social and cultural theories in religious education and teaching. To gain the ability of analysis about assumptions of social and cultural theories and about their implications to religious education

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students are introduced to the basic concepts of socio-cultural theories.
2   Students will understand the views of development and learning related to socio-cultural theories.
3   Students will analyze about basic assumptions of socio-cultural religious education models.
4   Students will have information about the socio-cultural religious education models.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction
2 Social and Cultural Realities of Socio-Cultural Theories in Religious Education.
3 Social Change: Secularism, Globalization and Diversity
4 Educational Realities of Socio-Cultural Theories in Religious Education.
5 Social learning and development theories
6 Vygotsky's Social Development and Learning Theory andI Reflections on Religious Education
7 Socio-cultural Religious Development Theories and Religious Education
8 Mid-term Exam
9 Basic Assumptions of socio-cultural religious education models.
10 Religious Education Practices based on socio-cultural models.
11 Contextual Approach in Religious Education
12 Social Constructivism in Religious Education
13 Prgmatist model in Religious Education
14 Evaluation of Course
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Vivien Burr, Sosyal Inşacılık, 2014.
2. Andy Lock ve Tom Strong, Social Constructionism, 2010
3. Crish A. M. Hermans, Partipacitory Learning Religious Education in a Globalizing Society. 2013
4. Mustafa Köylü, Sosyal Din Eğitimi Modeli, 2006.
5. Recep Kaymakcan, Çokkültürlülük, Eğitim, Kültür ve Din Eğitimi, 2006
6. Hans Günter Heimbrock, Towars Religious Competence, 2001.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing, research, question answer, studying on examples, homework and practice.

Assessment Methods

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


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

yusuf.ceylan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Reading 5 5 25
Preparing presentations 1 5 5
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 167

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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