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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
SNÖ 2013	PHILOSOPHY	COMPULSORY	2	0	0	3

Offered By

Elementary Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR AYFER KOCABAŞ

Offered to

Elementary Teacher Education
Elementary Teacher Education

Course Objective

To be able to gain our students critical thinking skills and the notion of what philosophical knowledge is, how it emerged and what subjects are studied.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	Being able to know what Philosophy is.
2	Being able to know what Onthology is and exemplify it according to the ages.
3	Being able to know what Epistemology is and exemplify it according to the ages.
4	Being able to know what Philosophy of Value is and exemplify it according to the ages.
5	Being able to gain our students the habit of criticism.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	What is Philosophy What is Knowledge What are the types of Knowledge
2	Knowledge of Philosophy and problems of Philosophy
3	Theory of Knowledge (Epistemology) and its basic problems
4	Rationalism, emprism
5	Criticism, positivism
6	Analytical Philosopy
7	Pragmatism
8	Mid-Term Exam
9	Onthology and existence according to science and philosophy
10	Nihilism, realism
11	What is Existence
12	Ethics and its basic problems
13	Philosophy of Politics and its basic problems
14	Aesthetics and its basic problems
15	Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Philosophy, Prof. Dr. Ismail Tunalı, Istanbul
2. Introduction to Philosophy, Prof. Dr. Ahmet Arslan, Izmir
3. Philosophy, Prof. Dr. Nihat Keklik, Istanbul
4. History of Philosophy, Prof. Dr. Macit Görkberk, Ankara

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Expository speech, question answer, discussion, cooperative learning

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	MTE	MIDTERM EXAM
2	FINS	FINAL EXAM
3	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	MTE * 0.40 +FINS * 0.60
4	RST	RESIT
5	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	13	2	26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	13	2	26
Preparation for midterm exam	1	10	10
Preparation for final exam	1	10	10
Final	1	1	1
Midterm	1	1	1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			74

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.3	PO.4	PO.5	PO.7	PO.8
LO.1	1		1			1
LO.2			2	2
LO.3		3	3		3		3
LO.4	1		3			1
LO.5			3	4

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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