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Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
MB-ZR4Philosophy of EducationCompulsory123
Level of Course Unit
First Cycle
Objectives of the Course
To be able to learn basic concepts of philosophy, gain critical thinking about traditional and current problems in education, discriminate different education and philosophy, think multi ways about country and world problems
Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1students will be able to explain what are philosophical concepts
2students will be able to determine basic problems of educational philosophy
3students will be able apply scieintific approach of educational philosophy in education
4students will be able to develop analytical and conceptual thinking skills
5students will be able to explain what are reasons of problems of country and World
6students will be able to develop critical thinking about traditional and current problems of education
Mode of Delivery
Second Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
Basic issues and problem areas of philosophy; the philosophy of being, knowledge, morality / values and education; basic philosophical movements (idealism, realism, naturalism, empiricism, rationalism, pragmatism, existentialism, analytical philosophy) and education; education philosophy and education currents: Permanence, essentialism, progression,existentialist education, critical / radical education; Some philosophers in the Islamic world and in the West (Plato, Aristotle, Socrates, J. Dewey, Ibn Sina, Farabi, J. J. Rousseau et al. human nature, individual differences and education; education in terms of some political and economic ideologies; influential currents of thought and education in the modernization process in Turkey; Philosophical foundations of Turkish education system.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Science, knowledge, scientific method
2Philosophical knowledge
3Epistemology, ontology, ethic
4Relationship philosophy with educational philosophy
5Classical problems of educational philosophy: Does people change with education?
6Classical philosophers of educational philosophy
7Value problem in education
8Social and global values
9Value problem in Turkish education system
10System analysis in education and Turkish education system
11Information society and education
12Current problems of educational philosophy
13Qualitify and accreditation problem in education
14European Union and education
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Recommended or Required Reading
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Midterm Examination1100
SUM100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Final Examination1100
SUM100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Work Placement(s)
None
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination111
Final Examination122
Attending Lectures111
Self Study166
Individual Study for Mid term Examination10220
Individual Study for Final Examination32060
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)90
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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