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| Code | FDB1733 |
| Name | |
| Term | 2023-2024 Academic Year |
| Term | Fall |
| Duration (T+A) | 3-0 (T-A) (17 Week) |
| ECTS | 6 ECTS |
| National Credit | 3 National Credit |
| Teaching Language | Türkçe |
| Level | Yüksek Lisans Dersi |
| Type | Normal |
| Mode of study | Yüz Yüze Öğretim |
| Catalog Information Coordinator | |
| Course Instructor |
1 |
Course Goal / Objective
The aim of this course is to explain and interpret the will to meaning, the relationship between the search for meaning and religion, and which characteristics of religions can be an answer to the search for meaning, within the framework of Viktor Frankl’s logotherapy theory.
Course Content
The will to meaning, psychological and religious foundations of the search for meaning, Viktor Frankl and Logotherapy, Logotherapy and religion, Viktor Frankl’s view of religion and god, belief and devotion and search for meaning, religion as a response to the search for meaning.
Course Precondition
The course has no prerequisites.
Resources
Bahadır, A. (2002). İnsanın anlam arayışı ve din: Logoterapik bir araştırma. İstanbul: İnsan Yayınları.
Notes
Ayten, A. (2012). Psikoloji ve din: Psikologların din ve tanrı görüşleri. İstanbul: İz Yayıncılık. Bahadır, A. (2000). Psikoterapi’de yeni bir yaklaşım: Logoterapi ve Viktor Frankl. Uludağ Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, 9(9), 469-485. Bahadır, A. (2018). Din psikologlarının dindarlık, değerler ve ruh sağlığı konusunda temel yaklaşımları: W. James, S. Freud, G. Jung ve V. Frankl Örneği. H. Hökelekli (Ed.), Din, değerler ve sağlık içinde (ss. 13-63). İstanbul: DEM Yayınları. Frankl, V. (1994). Duyulmayan anlam çığlığı: Psikoterapi ve Hümanizm (S. Budak, Çev.). İstanbul: Öteki Yayınevi. Frankl, V. (2018). Anlam istenci: Logoterapinin temelleri ve logoterapi uygulamaları (M. Yalçınkaya, Çev.). İstanbul: Öteki Yayınevi. Frankl, V. (2020). Yaşamak için bir nedeni olan: Hayatı anlamı ve direnç (S. Tuncay, Çev.). İstanbul: Totem Yayıncılık. Frankl, V. (2022). Yaşamı karşılamak: Anlam arayışı üzerine bir otobiyografi. İstanbul: Okuyan Us. Sevinç, K. (2019). Anlam arayışı ve din ilişkisine dair bir vaka analizi: Lev Tolstoy. İslam ve Yorum III içinde (C. II, ss. 125-142). Ankara: İnönü Üniversitesi Yayınları. Tolstoy, L. N. (2018). İnsan ne ile yaşar? (B. Altoparlak, Çev.). İstanbul: Say Yayınları. Tolstoy, L. N. (2018). İtiraflarım (İ. Söylemez, Çev.). İstanbul: Say Yayınları. Yalom, I. (2017). Güneşe bakmak ölümle yüzleşmek (Z. Babayiğit, Çev.). İstanbul: Pegasus Yayınları.
Course Learning Outcomes
| Order | Course Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|
| LO01 | Knows what is meant by the will to meaning. |
| LO02 | Realizes that people can find meaning in both positive and negative experiences. |
| LO03 | Knows the psychological foundations of the search for meaning. |
| LO04 | Comprehends the qualities of religions that offer answers to the search for meaning. |
| LO05 | Explains the basic principles and concepts of logotherapy and its relationship with other theories. |
| LO06 | Realizes that individual experiences can play an important role in the emergence of some psychological theories. |
| LO07 | Comprehends the relationship between the individual’s need to believe and the behavior of devotion with the search for meaning. |
Relation with Program Learning Outcome
| Order | Type | Program Learning Outcomes | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLO01 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Students learn essential knowledge and approaches in the field. | 5 |
| PLO02 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Students have extensive knowledge about national and international studies in the field. | 5 |
| PLO03 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Students perform original researches on the field. | |
| PLO04 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Gain sufficient knowledge about national and international studies in the field. | 4 |
| PLO05 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Can do original research in the field. | |
| PLO06 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Determines a topic from the proposals and develops a report on this issue. | |
| PLO07 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Discusses and presents the research report. | |
| PLO08 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Use individual and team work skills in national and international projects | |
| PLO09 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Recognize the basic sources of the field to use in scientific studies. | 5 |
| PLO10 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Effective use of a foreign language to follow international literature in the field | |
| PLO11 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Using higher order thinking skills (critical thinking, problem solving, creative thinking, decision making, reflection) | 5 |
| PLO12 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | They can conduct their work independently and as a member of a team. | |
| PLO13 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Using scientific research skills in their work | |
| PLO14 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Follow ethical rules | 5 |
Week Plan
| Week | Topic | Preparation | Methods |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Will to Meaning and the Meaning of Life | Fulfilling Assigned Reading Tasks | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 2 | The Meaning of Love and Suffering | Fulfilling Assigned Reading Tasks | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 3 | Mortalness, Traumatic Experiences, and Meaning | Fulfilling Assigned Reading Tasks | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 4 | Psychological and Religious Foundations of the Search for Meaning | Fulfilling Assigned Reading Tasks | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 5 | Theoretical Foundations of the Search for Meaning and Viktor Frankl’s Logotherapy | Fulfilling Assigned Reading Tasks | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 6 | Basic Principles of Logotherapy and Its Relationship with Other Theories | Fulfilling Assigned Reading Tasks | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 7 | Highlighted Concepts in Logotherapy (Existential Frustration, Existential Vacuum, Noogenic Neurosis, Self-Transcendence, Self-Distancing, Freedom, Responsibility, Anticipatory Anxiety, Hyper-Reflection, Hyper-Intention) | Fulfilling Assigned Reading Tasks | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 8 | Mid-Term Exam | Exam Preparation | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Yazılı Sınav |
| 9 | Logotherapy and Religion | Fulfilling Assigned Reading Tasks | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 10 | Understanding of Religion and God in Viktor Frankl’s thought | Fulfilling Assigned Reading Tasks | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 11 | Projections of Viktor Frankl’s Concentration Camp Experience on the Search for Meaning | Fulfilling Assigned Reading Tasks | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 12 | The Need to Believe and Meaning | Fulfilling Assigned Reading Tasks | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 13 | Dedication and Meaning | Fulfilling Assigned Reading Tasks | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 14 | The Relationship between Meaning and Religion as a Regulator of Cognitive and Emotional Processes | Fulfilling Assigned Reading Tasks | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 15 | Examples from the Field of Literature on the Relationship between the Search for Meaning and Religion | Fulfilling Assigned Reading Tasks | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 16 | Term Exams | Exam Preparation | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Yazılı Sınav |
| 17 | Term Exams | Exam Preparation | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Yazılı Sınav |
Student Workload - ECTS
| Works | Number | Time (Hour) | Workload (Hour) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Related Works | |||
| Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) | 14 | 8 | 112 |
| Assesment Related Works | |||
| Homeworks, Projects, Others | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Total Workload (Hour) | 158 | ||
| Total Workload / 25 (h) | 6,32 | ||
| ECTS | 6 ECTS | ||