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| Course Title | Code | Language | Type | Semester | L+U Hour | Credits | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Religion Education in the Republican Era | FDB 548 | Turkish | Compulsory | 3 + 0 | 3.0 | 6.0 |
| Prerequisite Courses | |
| Course Level | Graduate |
| Mode of delivery | Presentation, Question and Answer, Discussion, Presentation, Problem Solving, Seminar, Homework |
| Course Coordinator | Prof. Dr. Hamza AKTAŞ, Arş. Gör. HANDAN ZÜLAL ERSOY |
| Instructor(s) | Prof. Dr. Hamza AKTAŞ (Bahar) |
| Goals | The aim of this course is to examine the historical development, fundamental policies, and institutional structure of religious education in Turkey during the Republican era. The course covers the regulations, educational policies, and practices implemented in the field of religious education from the founding of the Republic to the present day, with the aim of enabling students to evaluate this process from a historical and pedagogical perspective. |
| Course Content | This course examines the development of religious education in Turkey during the Republican era. The course covers religious education policies in the early years of the Republic, the Law of Unification of Education, and the transformation of religious education institutions. It also evaluates the emergence and development of imam-hatip schools, the establishment of theology faculties, the place of Religious Culture and Ethics courses in the education system, and the legal and institutional reforms carried out in the field of religious education. In addition, the social, cultural, and political context of religious education policies is addressed, and the problems and current debates surrounding religious education during the Republican era are analyzed. |
| # | Öğrenme Kazanımı |
| 1 | It explains the historical development of religious education from the late Ottoman period to the Republic. |
| 2 | It analyzes the changes and practices that emerged in the field of religious education during the Tanzimat period. |
| 3 | It evaluates the legal and institutional reforms implemented in the field of religious education during the Republican era. |
| 4 | It interprets the development process of formal and informal religious education in Turkey from a historical and pedagogical perspective. |
| 5 | It critically evaluates the debates and current issues that have arisen in the field of religious education in Turkey. |
| Week | Topics/Applications | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Week | Changes in the understanding of religious education with the Tanzimat reforms | Research, Other Activities |
| 2. Week | Religious education practices in Tanzimat schools | Research, Other Activities |
| 3. Week | The status of religious education in school curricula | Research, Other Activities |
| 4. Week | Teachers giving religious education courses, students taking the courses | Research, Other Activities |
| 5. Week | Books used in the courses, teaching methods | Research, Other Activities |
| 6. Week | Views of Tanzimat era intellectuals on religious education | |
| 7. Week | General Education Regulations | Research, Other Activities |
| 8. Week | National education and religious education debates | Research, Other Activities |
| 9. Week | Religious education in the late Ottoman period. Regulations of the Religious Schools | |
| 10. Week | New developments in religious education with the establishment of our Republic | |
| 11. Week | The Law on the Unification of Education and religious education | |
| 12. Week | Stages of formal and informal religious education from the establishment of our Republic to the present day | Research, Other Activities |
| 13. Week | Current legal regulations and education policies in the field of religious education in Turkey | Research, Other Activities |
| 14. Week | Current problems, debates and general evaluation of religious education in Turkey | Research, Other Activities |
| No | Program Requirements | Level of Contribution | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 1 | PQ1: To develop his knowledge in the field of Philosophy and Religious Studies at the level of expertise, based on the information he obtained during his undergraduate period. | ✔ | |||||
| 2 | PQ2: To gain the ability to act according to the awareness of individual and social responsibility by complying with the rules of professional ethics in the process from the selection of the subject in research on Philosophy and Religious Studies to the conclusion of the research and its presentation to the public. | ✔ | |||||
| 3 | PQ3: To learn basic knowledge and approaches in the field of Philosophy and Religious Studies and to acquire the ability to use the knowledge of the field for the benefit of individuals and society. | ✔ | |||||
| 4 | PQ4: In addition to historical information about the field of Philosophy and Religious Studies, to gain the ability to follow current developments in the field and evaluate it in terms of our country's conditions. | ✔ | |||||
| 5 | PQ5: To have the ability to evaluate and interpret the knowledge and skills produced in the field of Philosophy and Religious Studies with a critical approach. | ✔ | |||||
| 6 | PQ6: To have the ability to use the notion gained in the field of Philosophy and Religious Studies in the field of religious services and religious education. | ✔ | |||||
| 7 | PQ7: To gain the ability to access information sources related to the academic field, examine and evaluate them, and use them to solve the problems they address. | ✔ | |||||
| 8 | PQ8: To have the ability to offer solutions to individual and social problems encountered today, using the Philosophy and Religious Studies Notion. | ✔ | |||||
| Program Requirements | DK1 | DK2 | DK3 | DK4 | DK5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PY1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| PY2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| PY3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| PY4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| PY5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| PY6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| PY7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| PY8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Ders Kitabı veya Notu | Ders Kitabı veya Ders Notu bulunmamaktadır. |
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| Diğer Kaynaklar |
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| ECTS credits and course workload | Quantity | Duration (Hour) | Total Workload (Hour) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Ders İçi |
Class Hours | 14 | 2 | 28 |
|
Ders Dışı |
Homework | 6 | 6 | 36 |
| Preparation, After Class Study | 6 | 6 | 36 | |
| Research | 6 | 6 | 36 | |
| Interview | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Presentation (Preparation) | 2 | 3 | 6 | |
| Other Activities | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
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Sınavlar |
Midterm | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Homework | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| Final | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| Total Workload | 153 | |||
| *AKTS = (Total Workload) / 25,5 | ECTS Credit of the Course | 6.0 | ||
