Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
170201007103RELIGIOUS EDUCATIONCompulsory474
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
1Explain the basic concepts of education and religious education and the relations between them.
2Explains the birth of the science of religious education.
3Explain the position of Religious Education science among other sciences.
4Explain the field, purpose and tasks of religious education science.
5Explains the factors that are effective in program development in religious education.
6Explains the programs specific to religious education.
7Explains the birth, conceptual plane and nature of intercultural religious education.
8Explain the history, purpose, importance and problems of non-formal religious education.
9Understands the nature, necessity, foundation and elements of spiritual education.
Mode of Delivery
Evening Education
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
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1The purpose of the Religious Education course, its content, course resources, information about the course, basic concepts of religious education science
2Basic concepts of religious education science
3The birth of the science of Religious Education, its position among other sciences Field, purpose and tasks of the science of religious education
4Fundamentals and objectives of religious education and training
5Religious education approaches Programs specific to religious education
6Historical 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
7Religious education in the family
8Spirituality Education: Factors Requiring Spirituality According to Development Periods
9Spirituality Education: Spirituality as Its Functioning in Gaining Spiritual Strength
10Spirituality Education: Spirituality as Its Functioning in Gaining Spiritual Strength
11Spirituality Education: Spiritual Education and Sufi Experience in the Context of the Islamic Religion
12Spirituality Education: Spiritual Education and Sufi Experience in the Context of the Islamic Religion
13Spirituality Education: Foundation and Elements of Spirituality Education
14Spirituality Education: Foundation and Elements of Spirituality Education
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
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination111
Final Examination111
Attending Lectures14228
Team/Group Work11010
Self Study14114
Individual Study for Mid term Examination11515
Individual Study for Final Examination12020
Homework14228
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)117
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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