Iğdır University Lifelong Learning Programme

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course Unit	Year of Study	Semester	Number of ECTS Credits
170201007103	RELIGIOUS EDUCATION	Compulsory	4	7	4

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle

Objectives of the Course

To give information about the theory and practice of religious education, to deal with the development of religious education in Turkey with different dimensions.

Name of Lecturer(s)

Doç. Dr. Yasin YİĞİT

Learning Outcomes

1	Explain the basic concepts of education and religious education and the relations between them.
2	Explains the birth of the science of religious education.
3	Explain the position of Religious Education science among other sciences.
4	Explain the field, purpose and tasks of religious education science.
5	Explains the factors that are effective in program development in religious education.
6	Explains the programs specific to religious education.
7	Explains the birth, conceptual plane and nature of intercultural religious education.
8	Explain the history, purpose, importance and problems of non-formal religious education.
9	Understands the nature, necessity, foundation and elements of spiritual education.

Mode of Delivery

Daytime Class

Prerequisites and co-requisities

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

The purpose of the Religious Education course, its content, course resources, information about the course, basic concepts of religious education science Basic concepts of religious education science The birth of the science of Religious Education, its position among other sciences Field, purpose and tasks of the science of religious education Fundamentals and objectives of religious education and training Religious education approaches Programs specific to religious education Historical development of religious education -Pre-republican period - Religious education in primary and secondary school Religious education in imam hatip schools -Religious education in higher education -Religious education in Qur'an courses Religious education in the family Spirituality Education: Factors Requiring Spirituality According to Development Periods Spirituality Education: Spirituality as Its Functioning in Gaining Spiritual Strength Spirituality Education: Spirituality as Its Functioning in Gaining Spiritual Strength Spirituality Education: Spiritual Education and Sufi Experience in the Context of the Islamic Religion Spirituality Education: Spiritual Education and Sufi Experience in the Context of the Islamic Religion Spirituality Education: Foundation and Elements of Spirituality Education Spirituality Education: Foundation and Elements of Spirituality Education

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	The purpose of the Religious Education course, its content, course resources, information about the course, basic concepts of religious education science
2	Basic concepts of religious education science
3	The birth of the science of Religious Education, its position among other sciences Field, purpose and tasks of the science of religious education
4	Fundamentals and objectives of religious education and training
5	Religious education approaches Programs specific to religious education
6	Historical development of religious education -Pre-republican period - Religious education in primary and secondary school Religious education in imam hatip schools -Religious education in higher education -Religious education in Qur'an courses
7	Religious education in the family
8	Spirituality Education: Factors Requiring Spirituality According to Development Periods
9	Spirituality Education: Spirituality as Its Functioning in Gaining Spiritual Strength
10	Spirituality Education: Spirituality as Its Functioning in Gaining Spiritual Strength
11	Spirituality Education: Spiritual Education and Sufi Experience in the Context of the Islamic Religion
12	Spirituality Education: Spiritual Education and Sufi Experience in the Context of the Islamic Religion
13	Spirituality Education: Foundation and Elements of Spirituality Education
14	Spirituality Education: Foundation and Elements of Spirituality Education