PRED 490

Course Code & Number

PRED 490

Course Title

Character and Values Education

Level

BS

Credit Hours/ ECTS Credits

(2+0+0) 2 TEDU Credits, 4 ECTS Credits

Type of Course:

Compulsory

Mode of Delivery:

Face-to-face

Language of Instruction:

English

Pre-requisite / Co-requisite:

Catalog Description

The context of character and value education, educational philosophies, individual and social foundations, approaches and their reflections on the curriculum.The relationship between character education and citizenship, intercultural differences. The culture of living together, the role of teacher, family, environment, and school.Value conflicts in modern societies. Values education in the process of human-cultural development. Values education practices in Turkey and around the world.

Course Objectives

This course provides opportunities for pre-service teachers regarding alternative education practices caused by rural and dispersed settlements due to geographical, social, and economic factors affecting education in Turkey. This course provides information about the history and philosophy of alternative education practices. This course also enables pre-service teachers to compare alternative education practices from around the world. Lastly, this course aims pre-service teachers to integrate alternative educational approaches in any culture.

Course Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: 

1. Describe the history, philosophy and characteristics of alternative education practices

2. Determine how to meet the educational needs of children in rural and dispersed settlements.

3. Examine the basic features, advantages and disadvantages of mobile education and boarding primary schools and their examples in the world.

4. Discuss the basic features, advantages and disadvantages, learning and teaching process and examples of unified classrooms. 

5. Debate the suitability of alternative educational approaches in the world for more comprehensive applications in the international-national arena,

6. Design educational activities in accordance with alternative educational approaches.