COURSE UNIT TITLE

: EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ELECTIVE

Offered By

Buca Faculty Of Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR MUSTAFA ÖZBAŞ

Offered to

FINE ARTS TEACHER EDUCATION
Turkish Language Teacher Education
Social Studies Teacher Education
Physics Teacher Education
French Language Teacher Education
Guidance and Psychological Counseling
Mathematics Teacher Education
ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS TEACHER EDUCATION
Biology Teacher Education
ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHER EDUCATION
PRE - SCHOOL TEACHER EDUCATION
Science Teacher Education
Geography Teacher Education
Elementary Teacher Education
Computer and Instructional Technologies Teacher Education
Music Teacher Education
Chemistry Teacher Education
Special Teacher Education
History Teacher Education
German Language Teacher Education
Turkish Language and Literature Teacher Education

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to introduce pre-service teachers to the basic problems, concepts and theories of philosophy of education starting from what philosophy is. In this context, starting from the question of what education is, the philosophy of education currents that answer this question within the framework of general philosophical currents will be discussed and the basic philosophies on which the Turkish national education system is based will be emphasized.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To understand the basic principles and problems of philosophy
2   To be able to comprehend the relationship between basic philosophical currents and education
3   To comprehend the developments in educational philosophy over the centuries
4   To compare the basic changes in educational philosophy in Turkey and the world

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 What is Philosophy Areas of Philosophy: Ontology, Epistemology, Axiology, Logic
2 Philosophy of Education: Basic Problems, Main Issues
3 General Philosophical Currents and Education: Idealism and Education - Realism and Education
4 General Philosophical Currents and Education: Dialectical Materialism and Education - Pragmatism and Education
5 Educational Philosophy Currents and Education: Perennialism
6 Educational Philosophy Currents and Education: Essentialism
7 General Review, Discussion, Midterm Exam
8 Educational Philosophy Currents and Education: Progressivism
9 Educational Philosophy Currents and Education: Reconstructionism
10 Educational Philosophy Currents and Education: Naturalism
11 Educational Philosophy Currents and Education: Polytechnic Education
12 Philosophies on which the Turkish National Education System is based
13 Philosophy of Education in the Republican Era and Atatürk's Understanding of Education
14 Current Problems of Philosophy of Education
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Sönmez, Veysel. Eğitim Felsefesi. Ankara: Anı Yayıncılık, 2009.
Noddings, Nel. Eğitim Felsefesi. Ankara: Nobel Yay., 2017.
Ergün, Mustafa. Eğitim Felsefesi. Ankara: PegemA Yay., 2009.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, Discussion, Question and Answer

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Midterm
2 FN Semester final exam
3 BNS BNS Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examFN * 0.60
4 BUT Make-up note
5 BBN End of make-up grade Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examBUT * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

If needed, other assessment methods can be added to the table given below.

Assessment Criteria

The evaluation of the course will be based on midterm and final exams. Apart from this, there are no special evaluation criteria.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Students should come to class prepared for the related topics specified in the syllabus. Attendance to 70% of the lectures is compulsory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Since the course is taught by different lecturers, students should contact the lecturer from whom they are taking the course. For this reason, please find out the contact information of the lecturer at the beginning of the semester.

Office Hours

It will be announced by the lecturers in the first week of the course.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 79

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.134
LO.234
LO.334
LO.434