COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TEACHING RELIGIOUS CULTURE AND MORALITY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SNÖ 4003 TEACHING RELIGIOUS CULTURE AND MORALITY COMPULSORY 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Elementary Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR MEHMET ÖZER

Offered to

Elementary Teacher Education
Elementary Teacher Education

Course Objective

To introduce the concepts of religion and ethics and to teach basic religious knowledge according to Islam.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Describe and evaluates the concepts Religious Culture and Moral Knowledge.
2   Explain the basic sources of Religious Culture and Moral Knowledge Quran and Sunna
3   Try to strive relation between Religious Culture and Moral Knowledge.
4   Teach the subjects that must must be considered in the process of teaching Religious Culture and Moral Knowledge.
5   Try to teach how to teach Religious Culture and Moral Knowledge with examples.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 An overall account of religious culture and ethical knowledge
2 The concept of religion and the religion in general
3 The emergence of Islam and the prophet Muhammad
4 The proclamation of the existence of God and the prophethood of Muhammad, the concepts of Islam and Muslim
5 Concept of belief and belief in God and other requirements of belief according to Islam
6 Concepts of destiny and fate
7 Prayer and its psychological impacts
8 Mid-term exam
9 Idea of worshipping to God and its aim
10 Purity in Islam (physical and spiritual)
11 Ablution and body wash (ghusl) and tayammum
12 Prayer, fasting, alms-giving and pilgrimage rules
13 A general account of commands and prohibitions of Islam and other religions
14 Ethics and some ethical rules of Islam Ethics in other religions
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Öcal, M. (2005): Ilköğretim Okullarında Din Kültürü ve Ahlak Bilgisi ve Öğretim Yöntemleri. Bursa: Düşünce Kitabevi.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, Question-Answer, Discussion , Testing

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 14 1 14
Preparation for midterm exam 1 4 4
Preparation for final exam 1 4 4
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 50

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16PO.17PO.18PO.19
LO.155
LO.255
LO.344
LO.434
LO.55