COURSE SYLLABUS

PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATION

1	Course Title:	PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATION
2	Course Code:	SOS6109
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	Third Cycle
5	Year of Study:	1
6	Semester:	1
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	3
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	2
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	None
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Prof. Dr. Abamüslim AKDEMİR
16	Course Lecturers:	_
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	akdemir@uludag.edu.tr
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	The philosophical foundations of education aim to add meaning to life by including ontological, epistemological and ethical issues in addition to basic needs of the human self-realization process. Because only one can realize himself with the values he adds to life.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	It contributes to the field of general culture and professional expertise.

Learning Outcomes:

1	A student who makes philosophy learns to research and question.;
2	It does not reach the information with memorization method. Access to information only through research and inquiry methods.;
3	The knowledge he has learned will be much more permanent in mind.;
4	Questions knowledge by philosophy. So he can distinguish whether the information is real or not.;
5	While making philosophy, the student reaches the depth of knowledge and grasps the knowledge with his logic.;
6	Understands abstract thinking.;
7	Can realize that information is evolving continuously.;
8	Understands the importance of thinking reasoned and taking reasoned action.;
9	Shows the ability to look at the existent from a certain distance.;
10	Can analyze cause-effect relationships.;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Definition and analysis of the concept of Philosophy and Education.
2	The main problems of education.
3	The main problems of philosophy.
4	Ontology and education.
5	Epistemology and education.
6	Ethics and moral education.
7	Aesthetics and art education.
8	Philosophy of religion and Religious education.
9	Community and political philosophy. Democracy and education.
10	Equality and justice in education.
11	Philosophical analysis in education.
12	Criticism and education.
13	The reform problem of education.
14	Overview of today's problems in terms of the basic problems of education and philosophy.

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Cevizci, Ahmet. (2011). Eğitim felsefesi. İstanbul: Say Yayınları. Büyükdüvenci, Sabri, (1987), Eğitim Felsefesi Yazıları, Ankara: Yargıcıoğlu Matbaası. Dewey, J. (1996). Demokrasi ve Eğitim (Çev. Salih OTARAN), İstanbul: Başarı Yay. Ergün, M. (2006). Eğitimin felsefi temelleri. M. Ç. Özdemir (Ed.). Eğitim bilimine giriş. Ankara: Ekinoks. Ergün, M. (2011). Eğitim felsefesi. (3. Baskı). Ankara: Pegem Yayıncılık. Guttek, G. L. (1997). Eğitime Felsefi ve İdeolojik Yaklaşımlar. Çev: Nesrin Kale. Pegem, Ankara. Heimsoeth, Heinz. (1986). Felsefenin Temel Disiplinleri, Çev. T. Mengüşoğlu, İstanbul: Remzi Kitabevi. Nicholas, Tate. (2018). Ne için Eğitim? (Çev. Mukadder Erkan), (Konya, Çizgi Kitabevi). Noddings Nel, Eğitim Felsefesi, Çev. Raşit Çelik, Nobel Yayıncılık, Ankara, 2016 Sönmez, V. (2011). Eğitim felsefesi. (10. Baskı). Ankara: Anı Yayıncılık.
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	40
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	0	0
Final Exam	1	60
Total	2	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		40
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		60
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course	_
Information	_

ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High