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PDR 206 - Character and Value Education

Faculty of Education · Guidance and Psychological Counselling · Undergraduate

ECTS: 3 T+P+L: 2+0+0 Compulsory
Coordinator: Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Beyza KIRCA

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to train educators who can explain the basic concepts of character and values ​​education, understand the importance of character and value education, know how to teach basic values, explain the value education approaches, understand the role of stakeholders in character and value education, and apply the methods and techniques used in character and value education.

Course Content

The content of this course consists of the historical foundations of character and values ​​education, individual and social goals and approaches in character and values ​​education, principles and methods of character and values ​​education in the family and school and basic values.

Required Resources

1.  Sağlam, H. İ. (2019), Karakter ve Değer Eğitimi. Ankara: Pegem Akademi Yayınları.

2. Turan, R. ve Ulusoy, K. (2016), Farklı Yönleriyle Değerler Eğitimi. Ankara: Pegem Akademi Yayınları

Recommended Resources

1. Ömeroğlu, E. ve Sapsağlam, Ö. (2016), Okul Öncesi Dönemde Karakter ve Değerler Eğitimi: Teoriden Uygulamaya. Ankara: Pegem Akademi Yayınları

Rules

Academic Integrity Policy: Academic honesty; It includes elements such as cheating, using or buying ready-made assignments or written materials, academic plagiarism (using someone else's thought, opinion, invention or work in an assignment, project, report and similar studies by presenting it as one's own without citing the source). When such situations are detected, they may cause the student to be deemed unsuccessful and to be expelled from the university at a further level.

Attendance: Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University Undergraduate Education and Training Regulation Article 21 – (1) Students at the university; are required to attend 70% of theoretical courses and 80% of applied courses in one semester. Each instructor checks the obligation to attend classes according to these principles.

Course Learning Outcomes

  1. Explain the basic concepts of character and values ​​education
  2. Karakter ve değerler eğitiminin bireysel açıdan önemini ifade eder.
  3. Explain the importance of character and values ​​education from an individual point of view.
  4. Recognizes the basic values.

Core Area Distribution

(14) Teacher Training and Education Science%50 (31) Social and Behavioural Science%50

Teaching Methods

ExpressionQuestion-AnswerDiscussionGroup StudyBrain StormingCase Study

Assessment & Evaluation

Testing (Essay / Tests: True-Falls, multiple-choice, short answer, matching)

ECTS / Workload

ActivityQuantityDuration (h)Total Workload
Course Duration (Including Exam Week)15230
Out of Class Study Period15230
Midterm177
Quiz000
Assignment000
Practice11515
Final11515

Course Schedule

WeekSubjectPreparation
1Introduction: Why Value education? The Relationship Between Values ​​Education and Psychological Counseling and GuidancePreliminary Reading and Preparation
2Conceptual FrameworkPreliminary Reading and Preparation
3Classification of ValuesPreliminary Reading and Preparation
4Character and Value Education in Terms of Educational Philosophy and GoalsPreliminary Reading and Preparation
5Basic Approaches in Value EducationPreliminary Reading and Preparation
6Strategies, Methods and Techniques in Character and Value EducationPreliminary Reading and Preparation
7Teacher as a Role Model in Character and Value EducationPreliminary Reading and Preparation
8Midterm Exam preparationMidterm Exam
9Family in Character Development and EducationPreliminary Reading and Preparation
10School and Environment in Character Development and EducationPreliminary Reading and Preparation
11Intercultural Differentiation and Culture of Living Together in Character and Value EducationPreliminary Reading and Preparation
12Crisis of Values ​​and Education in Modern and Multicultural SocietiesPreliminary Reading and Preparation
13Value Education in the Human-Cultural Development ProcessPreliminary Reading and Preparation
14Examples of Value Education from Turkish History; StudiesPreliminary Reading and Preparation
15Examples of Value Education from Turkish History; StudiesPreliminary Reading and Preparation
16Final examFinal exam preparation