1. FIRST CYCLE - BACHELOR'S DEGREE
  2. FACULTY OF EDUCATION
  3. DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE TEACHING DEPARTMENT
  4. 133 ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS EDUCATION
Course Information Course Learning Outcomes Course's Contribution To Program ECTS Workload Course Details
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COURSE INFORMATION
Course CodeCourse TitleL+P HourSemesterECTS
OMB 1005PhIlosophy of EducatIon2 + 02nd Semester4

COURSE DESCRIPTION
Course Level Bachelor's Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Course Objective Relate edcuation to the basics of philosophy and basic philosophical and philosophy of education approaches, and political/economic ideologies; evaluate the philosophical foundations of Turkish educational system concerning the current historical issues.
Course Content Fundamental issues and problem areas of philosophy; philosophy of existence, knowledge, ethics / values and education; basic philosophical movements (idealism, realism, naturalism, empiricism, rationalism, pragmatism, existentialism, analytic philosophy) and education; educational philosophy and educational philosophies: perennialism, essentialism, progressivism, existential education, critical / radical education; Educational views of some philosophers (Plato, Aristotle, Socrates, J. Dewey, Ibn-i Sina, Farabi, J. J. Rousseau et al.) in the Islamic world and in the West; human nature, individual differences and education; education in terms of some political and economic ideologies; influential movements of thought and education in the modernization process in Turkey; The philosophical foundations of the Turkish education system.
Prerequisites No the prerequisite of lesson.
Corequisite No the corequisite of lesson.

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
1…relates the main branches of philosophy to education.
2…recognizes the views of main philosophical movements on education
3…appreciates the contributions of educational philosophical movements
4…states the educational views of philosophers in Islamic and Western World
5…compares philosophies regarding their conception of human nature and individual differences
6…deconstructs the relations between education and some political/economic ideologies
7…analyzes the influence of effective thoughts on education in the modernization period of Turkey
8…explains the philosophical foundations of Turkish educational system.

COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
PO 01PO 02PO 03PO 04PO 05PO 06PO 07PO 08PO 09PO 10PO 11PO 12PO 13PO 14
LO 001  4    444   4
LO 002  4    444   4
LO 003  4    444   4
LO 004  4    444   4
LO 005  4    444   4
LO 006  4    444   4
LO 007  4    444   4
LO 008  4    444   4
Sub Total  32    323232   32
Contribution00400004440004

ECTS ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD BY THE COURSE DESCRIPTION
ActivitiesQuantityDuration (Hour)Total Work Load (Hour)
Course Duration (14 weeks/theoric+practical)21428
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)14342
Assignments144
Mid-terms11212
Final examination11818
Total Work Load

ECTS Credit of the Course





104

4
COURSE DETAILS
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 Course TermNoInstructors
Details 2025-2026 Spring3HASRET KÖKTEN
Details 2024-2025 Spring3SUNA ÇÖĞMEN
Details 2023-2024 Spring5HASRET KÖKTEN
Details 2022-2023 Spring4SUNA ÇÖĞMEN
Details 2021-2022 Spring10HASRET KÖKTEN
Details 2020-2021 Spring7SİBEL DURU
Details 2019-2020 Spring7ORHAN KUMRAL
Details 2018-2019 Spring7ORHAN KUMRAL


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Course Details
Course Code Course Title L+P Hour Course Code Language Of Instruction Course Semester Mode of Delivery
OMB 1005 PhIlosophy of EducatIon 2 + 0 3 Turkish 2025-2026 Spring Face to Face
Course Coordinator  E-Mail  Phone Number  Course Location Attendance
Lecturer HASRET KÖKTEN hince@pau.edu.tr EGT A0232-02 %70
Goals Relate edcuation to the basics of philosophy and basic philosophical and philosophy of education approaches, and political/economic ideologies; evaluate the philosophical foundations of Turkish educational system concerning the current historical issues.
Content Fundamental issues and problem areas of philosophy; philosophy of existence, knowledge, ethics / values and education; basic philosophical movements (idealism, realism, naturalism, empiricism, rationalism, pragmatism, existentialism, analytic philosophy) and education; educational philosophy and educational philosophies: perennialism, essentialism, progressivism, existential education, critical / radical education; Educational views of some philosophers (Plato, Aristotle, Socrates, J. Dewey, Ibn-i Sina, Farabi, J. J. Rousseau et al.) in the Islamic world and in the West; human nature, individual differences and education; education in terms of some political and economic ideologies; influential movements of thought and education in the modernization process in Turkey; The philosophical foundations of the Turkish education system.
Topics
WeeksTopics
1 Basic concepts of philosophy
2 The definition of philosophy, the relation of philosophy and other disciplines of science
3 Fields of questions in philosophy - ontology, epistemology, axiology, logic
4 The relation of philosophy and education, the definition and scope of philosophy of education
5 Idealism, Realism (Sokrates, Plato, Aristoteles)
6 Pragmatism ve John Dewey
7 Naturalism and Jean Jacques Rousseau
8 Perrenialism and Essentialism in Education
9 Progressivism and Reconstructivism in Education
10 Existentialist and postmodernist reflections on education
11 Critical pedagogy and alternative educational practices
12 Philosophical foundations of Turkish Education System
13 Teaching profession and Personal Declaration of Instructional Philosophy
14 Review of the term
Materials
Materials are not specified.
Resources
Course Assessment
Assesment MethodsPercentage (%)Assesment Methods Title
Final Exam60Final Exam
Midterm Exam40Midterm Exam
L+P: Lecture and Practice
PQ: Program Learning Outcomes
LO: Course Learning Outcomes