Character and Values Education
Classroom Teaching
Faculty of Education
First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
| Course Unit Title | Course Unit Code | Type of Course Unit | Level of Course Unit | Year of Study | Semester | ECTS Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Character and Values Education | SNF397 | Elective | Bachelor's degree | 3 | Spring | 4 |
Name of Lecturer(s)
Assistant Prof. Dr. Birsen Berfu AKAYDIN
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
1) 1. Knows the basic concepts of value and character education.
2) Comprehends the importance of value and character education in primary school.
3) Comprehends the aims of value education.
4) Knows the applications related to value education.
Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation
| Program Competencies | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | ||
| Learning Outcomes | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | High | High | Middle | Middle | Middle | Middle | Middle | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | |
| 2 | Middle | High | High | High | High | Middle | High | High | High | Middle | High | High | Middle | Middle | Middle | |
| 3 | Middle | Middle | Middle | Middle | Middle | Middle | Middle | Middle | Middle | High | High | Middle | Middle | High | Middle | |
| 4 | High | High | Middle | Middle | Middle | High | Middle | Middle | Middle | Middle | High | Middle | High | Middle | Middle | |
Mode of Delivery
Face to Face
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Not Required
Course Contents
1. Week Basic concepts of character and value (personality, personality, virtue, temperament, temperament) 2. Week School and social environment in character development 3. Week Value as a concept and classification of values 4. Week Individual, social, cultural and religious foundations of values 5. Week Approaches and applications of value education 6. Week Values ??and multiculturalism in value education 7. Week Teaching methods in value education 8. Week Midterm Exam 9. Week Sample approaches and applications in value education 10. Week Values ??crisis and education in multicultural societies 11. Week Value education in the process of human and cultural development 12. Week Examples of values ??education in the history of Turkish education and culture Week 13 Values ??education practices and researches in Turkey 14. Week Teacher as a role model in character and value education
Weekly Schedule
1) Basic concepts related to character and value (personality, personality, virtue, temperament, temperament)2) School and social environment in character development
3) Value as a concept and classification of values
4) Individual, social, cultural and religious foundations of values
5) Value education approaches and practices
6) Values and multiculturalism in value education
7) Teaching methods in value education
8) midterm exam
9) Sample approaches and applications in value teaching
10) Values crisis and education in multicultural societies
11) Value education in the process of human and cultural development
12) Examples of value education in the history of Turkish education and culture
13) Values education practices and researches in Turkey
14) Teacher as a role model in character and value education
15) Values education practices and research abroad
16) final exam
Recommended or Required Reading
- H. Ekşi & A. Katılmış, Uygulama örnekleriyle değerler eğitimi. Ankara: Nobel.
- Aktepe, V., & Tahiroğlu, M. (2016). Değerler Eğitimi Yaklaşımları ve Etkinlik Örnekleri. The Journal of Academic Social Science Studies(42), 361-384.
- Leming, J. S. (2008). Research and practice in moral and character education: Loosely coupled phenomena. Larry P. Nucci, Darcia Narvaez(Eds.). Handbook of Moral and Character Education. New York and London: Routledge Taylor and Francis Group
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1) Lecture
2) Question-Answer
3) Discussion
4) Brain Storming
5) Self Study
6) Problem Solving
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Contribution of Midterm Examination to Course Grade |
40% |
|---|---|
Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade |
60% |
Total |
100% |
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
Not Required