COURSE UNIT TITLE

: COMPARATIVE RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FDB 6253 COMPARATIVE 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

To teach religious education in different countries in a comparative way. To provide students with a perspective on current educational problems related to religious education and the approaches of religious education models to these problems.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students compare the religious education practices in today's society.
2   Students learn the effects of current social problems on religious education.
3   Students will understand the legal basis of religious education in different countries.
4   Students will have information about 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 Basic Concepts
2 Contemporary Problems and Thei relation to Education
3 The effects of social changes today on the religious education
4 Secularization and Religious Education
5 Globalization and Religious Education
6 Pluralism and Religious Education
7 Overview of Religious Education in the European Union Countries
8 Mid-term Exam
9 Legal Basis of Religious Education in the European Union Countries
10 Religious Education in U.S.A and Russia
11 Religious Education in Germany and UK
12 Contemporary Studies that performed in Religious Education
13 Discussions about status of Religious Education and their relations of new religious education models
14 Goals and Methods in new Religious Education models
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Mustafa Köylü Ibrahim Turan, Karşılaştırmalı Din Eğitimi, 2014
2. Recep Kaymakcan, Günümüz Ingiltere sinde Din Eğitimi, 2006.
3. Mustafa Köylü, Din Eğitiminde Çağdaş Konular, 2012.
4. Nurullah Altaş, Çokkültürlülük ve Din Eğitimi, 2006.
5. Micheal Grimmitt, Religious Education and Human Development, 1987.
6. Liam Gearon,On Holy Ground: The Theory and Practice of Religious Education, 2014

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 6 78
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 5 5
Reading 5 5 25
Preparing presentations 1 1 1
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 187

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.15555
LO.25555
LO.35555
LO.45555

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