COURSE UNIT TITLE

: AGEISM, ETHICS AND CULTURE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FEL 6095 AGEISM, ETHICS AND CULTURE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

PHILOSOPHY

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ÖZLEM DUVA KAYA

Offered to

PHILOSOPHY

Course Objective

This course is designed to prepare students think the ties between ageism and discrimination and will start with a basic philosophical overview of ethics and aging. Following this introductory section, the course content will address the problems of ethics about aging process at social/cultural, policy, and individual levels. Analyzing the ageism problem philosophically, the course will make familiar the central value issues that infuse thinking about ethics and aging. The final aim is to next turn to the ethical issues that arise in the politic realm and ageist culture.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Able to see how different ways of thinking about ethics influence what we take into account when addressing ethical problems;
2   Able to understand fundamental concepts in ethics and the core values that inform work with older people.
3   Able to discuss the ethical implications of societal and cultural norms about aging and old age
4   Able to grasp original problems in philosophy with the connection of ageist paradigm
5   Able to examine the impact of ageism as an ethical concern and define the relationships between the way of thinking and the way of acting.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The conceptual analysis: Ageing, agism and being old
2 The conceptual analysis: Ageing, agism and being old
3 The Ethical Bindings on the Ageist Attitudes
4 The Ethical Bindings on the Ageist Attitudes
5 Discovering new philosophical problems by analyzing ageism: Discrimination and ageism
6 Discovering new philosophical problems by analyzing ageism: Discrimination and ageism
7 Discovering new philosophical problems by analyzing ageism: Discrimination and ageism
8 Midterm
9 Discovering new philosophical problems by analyzing ageism: Sexism and ageism
10 Discovering new philosophical problems by analyzing ageism: Sexism and ageism
11 Discovering new philosophical problems by analyzing ageism: Ideology and ageism
12 Discovering new philosophical problems by analyzing ageism: Ideology and ageism
13 The new ethical solutions against Ageism
14 The new ethical solutions against Ageism
15 The new ethical solutions against Ageism
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1-The Palgrave Handbook of The philosophy of Aging, Ed: Geofrey Scarre, Macmillan Publishers, 2016
2-Ageing, Meaning and Social Structure:Connecting critical and humanistic gerontology, Ageing, Meaning and Social Structure
Connecting critical and humanistic gerontology. Ed: Jan Baars, Joseph Dohmen, Amanda Grenier, Chris Phillipson
Policy Press (UK) / University of Chicago Press (USA), 2013
3-Aging, Death, and Human Longevity: A Philosophical Inquiry (BFI Modern Classics), Christine Overall, University of California Press; 2005

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

See "Assessment Methods" and "ECTS Table"

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

LO 1-3 will be evaluated by his/her presentation
LO 4-5 will be evaluated by the assignment of the student and by the questions that will be asked in midterm and final exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. %70 attendance is required.
2. The participation in midterm and final exams will be considered in grading.
3. The participation in presentation activity will be considered in grading.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ozlem.duva@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Will be announced at the every semester.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 7 3 21
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 7 84
Preparation for midterm exam 1 7 7
Preparing assignments 1 7 7
Preparing presentations 1 6 6
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 151

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.15554
LO.255
LO.344
LO.4
LO.545455

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