COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PURPOSES OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FDB 5087 PURPOSES OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR YUSUF CEYLAN

Offered to

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to improve the information of students on aims of religious education and to provide them with generating new ideas on this subject in the context of general aims of education.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students will be able: To improve information on aims of religious education.
2   To understand the relationship between education and religious education in terms of educational aims.
3   To learn discussions on aims of education.
4   To comment religious education the context of these discussions.
5   To gain a logical and reasonable information on aims of religious education.
6   To learn right-thinking and generating ideas.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction of the course
2 Brain-storming on the aims of religious education
3 Analyzing concept of aims and objections in education.
4 Aims of education: Character and Interpretation
5 Origins of aims
6 Aims in education and value judgements
7 Aims and religion in education
8 Aims of Islamic education
9 Discussion I: Training-Learning-Forming
10 Discussion II: Nature or culture
11 Discussion III: Society or children
12 Discussion IV: What is worth to teach
13 Conclusion: What should be the aims of religious education
14 General evaluation on aims of religious education.

Recomended or Required Reading

Selahattin Parladır, Din Eğitiminde Hedefler, DEÜ Ilahiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, Izmir
1995.
Hasan Çelikkaya, Eğitime Giriş, Alfa Yay., Istanbul 1997.
Halis Ayhan, Eğitim Bilimine Giriş, Şule Yay., Istanbul 1995.
Benjamin Bloom, Insan Nitelikleri ve Okulda Öğrenme, (çev. D. Ali Özçelik), Ankara
1979.
Hilmi Ziya Ülken, Eğitim Felsefesi, Ülken Yay., Istanbul 2001.
Cemal Yıldırım, Eğitim Felsefesi, Anadolu Üniversitesi Yay., Ankara 1987.
Olivier Reboul, Eğitim Felsefesi, Iletişim Yay., Istanbul 1991.
A. North Whitehead, Eğitimin Gayeleri, (çev. Sofi Huri), MEB Yay., Istanbul 1971.
Bertrand Russel, Eğitim Üzerine, Say Yay., Istanbul 1996.
Selahattin Parladır, Din Eğitimi Bilimine Giriş, Anadolu Mat., Izmir 1996.
Beyza Bilgin, Eğitim Bilimi ve Din Eğitimi, Ankara Üniversitesi Ilahiyat Fakültesi
Yay., Ankara 1988.
Cemal Tosun, Din Eğitimi Bilimine Giriş, Pegema Yay., Ankara 2002.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, Brain Storming, Question-Answer, Discussion, Group Study, Problem Solving.

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The success of attendant is examined by examination and lecture performances

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

yusuf.ceylan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Free

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 5 70
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing presentations 1 7 7
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 158

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.14345
LO.24345
LO.34345
LO.44345
LO.54345
LO.64345