COURSE UNIT TITLE

: RELIGIOUS EDUCATION IN THE WEST

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FDB 6247 RELIGIOUS EDUCATION IN THE WEST 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 support students in reaching the sufficient information about both Religious education in our country and in western countries; and to help them be conscious of comparative religious education and get relevant knowledge and abilities.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   They will be aware of the fact that education of religion is a universal right.
2   They will have knowledge about comparative Religious education
3   They will have information about practices of religious education in EU countries
4   They will understand the religious and philosophical backgrounds of religious education and then explain universalization of it.

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 Religious education and its place in human rights and freedoms.
3 Religious and faith freedom in international agreements
4 Religious freedom in EU agreements
5 Secularism and Religious education: the relation between this two in western countries
6 Religious education in western countries as an educational right
7 Religious education in Germany
8 Religious education in France
9 Religious education in the UK and Ireland
10 Religious education in Netherlands and Belgium
11 Religious education in Portugal and Spain
12 Religious education in Austria
13 Religious education in Italy and Poland
14 Religious education in Sweden and Norway

Recomended or Required Reading

Main sources:
Georg Hilger/SetephanLeimgruber, Religionsdidaktik, 2008
Recep Kaymakcan, Günümüz Ingilteresinde Din Eğitimi, Istanbul,2004
Francis Messner, Avrupa Birliği Ülkelerinde Din Devlet Ilşkisi, Çeviren, Ali Köse- Talip Küçükcan, Istanbul, 2008
Akif Emre Öktem, Uluslararsı Hukukta Inanç Özgürlüğü, Ankara, 2002
Secondary sources:
Irfan Başkur, Almanya'da Din Eğitimi, 1995,
Özcan Demirel, Karşılaştırmalı Eğitim, Ankara 2000;
Recai Doğan, Avrupa Birliği Sürecinde Dini Kurumlar ve Din Eğitimi, 2007.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture

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

Students achievements are calculated from the results of mid-term exam, homework assignments, final exam and active participation to the lecture

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 6 84
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 6 6
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 181

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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