COURSE UNIT TITLE

: POSTMODERN MODELS OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FDB 6251 POSTMODERN MODELS OF 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 gain the perspective of postmodern models in religious education and teaching. Ensure understanding of basic assumptions about reality and knowledge in postmodern religious education models.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students are introduced to the basic concepts of postmodern religious education
2   Students will grasp the understandings of reality in postmodern religious education model.
3   They analyze the basic assumptions of post modern religious education models according to their educational and religious understandings.
4   They will have information about the field reflections of postmodern 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 Conceptual Analysis
2 Educational implications of postmodernism's critique of modernity
3 Problems posed by modernism in religious education
4 Understanding of Reality and Knowledge in Postmodernism
5 Effects of the Basic Assumptions of Postmodernism to Religious Education Models
6 Understanding of Religion in the Postmodern Religious Education Models and Truth Claims of Religions
7 Understanding of Education in the Postmodern Religious Education Models
8 Mid-term Exam
9 Clive Erricker s Postmodern Religious Education Model
10 Application of Clive Erricker s Postmodern Religious Education Model
11 Religious Literacy Model
12 Dialogical approaches in religious education
13 Critics on Postmodern Religious Education Models
14 Evaluation of Course
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Gençay Şaylan, Postmodernizm, 2002.
2. Andrew Wright, Religion, Education and Postmodernity, RoutledgeFalmer, London, 2004
3. Micheal Grimmitt, Pedagogies of Religious Education: Case Studies In The Research And Development Of Good Pedagogic Practice In RE, McCrimmon Publishing, Essex, 2000.
4. Erricker, Clive ve Jane Erricker. Reconstructing Religious, Spiritual and Moral Education; Routledge Falmer, London, 2000
5. Yusuf Ceylan, Eğitimde Yapılandırmacılık ve Din Eğitimi, 2013.

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 4 52
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Reading 3 10 30
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 180

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.1555
LO.2555
LO.3555
LO.4555

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