Information Of Programmes

FACULTY OF EDUCATION / MB 103 - SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHING

Code: MB 103

Course Title: PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION

Theoretical+Practice: 2+0

ECTS: 3

Year/Semester of Study

1 / Spring Semester

Level of Course

1st Cycle Degree Programme

Type of Course

Compulsory

Department

SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHING

Pre-requisities and Co-requisites

None

Mode of Delivery

Face to Face

Teaching Period

14 Weeks

Name of Lecturer

OKTAY KIZKAPAN (okizkapan@nevsehir.edu.tr)

Name of Lecturer(s)

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

None

Objectives of the Course

The aim of this course is to enable pre-service teachers to realize the perspectives of different educational philosophies on education, to recognize the philosophical currents that affect the Turkish education system, to adopt consistent and open to change philosophical principles that overlap with universal and social values, and to reflect these principles to the learning-teaching process.

Learning Outcomes		PO	MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1	Explains the basic concepts of philosophy and the relationship between science and philosophy.	PO-6 Makes planning, arrangement and evaluation in accordance with educational objectives and student needs in the light of social sciences and findings, theory and practice information related to social studies education produced by social sciences.	Examination
LO-2	Examines the education system from a philosophical point of view.	PO-6 Makes planning, arrangement and evaluation in accordance with educational objectives and student needs in the light of social sciences and findings, theory and practice information related to social studies education produced by social sciences.	Examination
LO-3	Explain the theories related to the philosophy of education	PO-6 Makes planning, arrangement and evaluation in accordance with educational objectives and student needs in the light of social sciences and findings, theory and practice information related to social studies education produced by social sciences.	Examination
LO-4	Acquires an educational philosophy for his/her profession.	PO-6 Makes planning, arrangement and evaluation in accordance with educational objectives and student needs in the light of social sciences and findings, theory and practice information related to social studies education produced by social sciences.	Examination
LO-5	Knows philosophical movements affecting education.	PO-6 Makes planning, arrangement and evaluation in accordance with educational objectives and student needs in the light of social sciences and findings, theory and practice information related to social studies education produced by social sciences.	Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Basic subjects and problem areas of philosophy; philosophy of existence, knowledge, morals/values and education; basic philosophical movements (idealism, realism, naturalism, empiricism, rationalism, pragmatism, existentialism, analytical philosophy) and education; educational philosophy and educational movements: Perennialism, essentialism, progressivism, existential education, critical/radical education; Educational views of some philosophers in the Islamic world and in the West; human nature, individual differences and education; education in terms of some political and economic ideologies; The currents of thought and education that are effective in the modernization process in Turkey; Philosophical foundations of Turkish education system.
Weekly Course Content
Week	Subject	Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1	Introduction and information about the course	Lecture, Question-Answer, Discussion
2	Fundamentals and problem areas of philosophy	Lecture, Question-Answer, Discussion
3	Relationship between education and philosophy	Lecture, Question-Answer, Discussion
4	Philosophy of existence/knowledge/morality and values	Lecture, Question-Answer, Discussion
5	Idealist, perennial and realist educational philosophies	Lecture, Question-Answer, Discussion
6	Essentialist and pragmatist educational philosophies	Lecture, Question-Answer, Discussion
7	Progressive, existential, and reconstructive educational philosophies	Lecture, Question-Answer, Discussion
8	mid-term exam
9	Critical/radical views	Lecture, Question-Answer, Discussion
10	Western and Islamic World Education Views	Lecture, Question-Answer, Discussion
11	Human nature, individual differences and education	Lecture, Question-Answer, Discussion
12	Education in terms of some political and economic ideologies	Lecture, Question-Answer, Discussion
13	The currents of thought and education that are effective in the modernization process in Turkey	Lecture, Question-Answer, Discussion
14	Philosophical foundations of the Turkish education system	Lecture, Question-Answer, Discussion
15	Applied studies (film, news, cartoon etc. review)	Lecture, Question-Answer, Discussion
16	final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1	Ergün, M. (2009). Eğitim Felsefesi. Ankara: Pegem Akademi
2	Cevizci, A. (2012). Eğitim Felsefesi. İstanbul: Say Yayınları
3	Gerald E. G. (2006). Eğitime Felsefi ve İdeolojik Yaklaşımlar. Ankara: Ütopya Yayınevi
4	Noddings N. (2016), Eğitim Felsefesi, (Çev.) Raşit Çelik, Nobel Yayıncılık
5	Sönmez, V. (2009). Eğitim Felsefesi. Ankara: Anı Yayıncılık
Required Course instruments and materials
Lecture notes, Computer

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment	Week	Hours	Weight(%)
mid-term exam	8	1	40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam	16	1	60

Student Work Load
Type of Work	Weekly Hours	Number of Weeks	Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice)	2	14	28
Outside Class
a) Reading			0
b) Search in internet/Library	2	14	28
c) Performance Project			0
d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report			0
e) Term paper/Project			0
Oral Examination			0
Quiz			0
Laboratory exam			0
Own study for mid-term exam	2	8	16
mid-term exam	1	1	1
Own study for final exam	2	8	16
final exam	1	1	1
			0
			0
Total work load;			90