Information Package / Course Catalogue
Philosophy of Education
Course Code: PFD112
Course Type: Non Departmental Elective
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 2
Objectives of the Course

The aim of this course is to enable students to develop philosophical perspectives and to comprehend the reflections of philosophical perspective on education.

Course Content

Definition of philosophy and content of philosophy, fields of philosophy, epistemology, ontology, axiology, logic, the relationship between philosophy and education, the contribution of philosophy to education, the definition of educational philosophy, content, purpose, approaches related to the philosophy of education: idealism, realism, essentialism , comparison of two educational currents, J.Jack Rousseau and Naturalism, dialectical materialism, Polytechnic education, Pragmatism, Progressivism, Re-development and the idea of globalization in education, Existentialism, Open School System, Postmodernist Philosophy-Science and Education, The comparison of the curriculums of education with the traditional educational currents, the philosophies on which the Turkish education system is based

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