Faculty of Education · Guidance and Psychological Counselling · Undergraduate
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
- Explain the basic concepts of character and values education
- Karakter ve değerler eğitiminin bireysel açıdan önemini ifade eder.
- Explain the importance of character and values education from an individual point of view.
- Recognizes the basic values.
Core Area Distribution
Teaching Methods
Assessment & Evaluation
ECTS / Workload
| Activity | Quantity | Duration (h) | Total Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (Including Exam Week) | 15 | 2 | 30 |
| Out of Class Study Period | 15 | 2 | 30 |
| Midterm | 1 | 7 | 7 |
| Quiz | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Assignment | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Practice | 1 | 15 | 15 |
| Final | 1 | 15 | 15 |
Course Schedule
| Week | Subject | Preparation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction: Why Value education? The Relationship Between Values Education and Psychological Counseling and Guidance | Preliminary Reading and Preparation |
| 2 | Conceptual Framework | Preliminary Reading and Preparation |
| 3 | Classification of Values | Preliminary Reading and Preparation |
| 4 | Character and Value Education in Terms of Educational Philosophy and Goals | Preliminary Reading and Preparation |
| 5 | Basic Approaches in Value Education | Preliminary Reading and Preparation |
| 6 | Strategies, Methods and Techniques in Character and Value Education | Preliminary Reading and Preparation |
| 7 | Teacher as a Role Model in Character and Value Education | Preliminary Reading and Preparation |
| 8 | Midterm Exam preparation | Midterm Exam |
| 9 | Family in Character Development and Education | Preliminary Reading and Preparation |
| 10 | School and Environment in Character Development and Education | Preliminary Reading and Preparation |
| 11 | Intercultural Differentiation and Culture of Living Together in Character and Value Education | Preliminary Reading and Preparation |
| 12 | Crisis of Values and Education in Modern and Multicultural Societies | Preliminary Reading and Preparation |
| 13 | Value Education in the Human-Cultural Development Process | Preliminary Reading and Preparation |
| 14 | Examples of Value Education from Turkish History; Studies | Preliminary Reading and Preparation |
| 15 | Examples of Value Education from Turkish History; Studies | Preliminary Reading and Preparation |
| 16 | Final exam | Final exam preparation |


