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| Code | FDB1742 |
| Name | Ottoman Educational Thought |
| Term | 2024-2025 Academic Year |
| Term | Spring |
| Duration (T+A) | 3-0 (T-A) (17 Week) |
| ECTS | 6 ECTS |
| National Credit | 3 National Credit |
| Teaching Language | Türkçe |
| Level | Belirsiz |
| Type | Normal |
| Mode of study | Yüz Yüze Öğretim |
| Catalog Information Coordinator | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi AHMET BEKEN |
| Course Instructor |
1 |
Course Goal / Objective
The aim of this course is to teach education and training activities in the Ottoman Empire, stagnation and regression in education and their reasons, changes in education with modernisation (Westernisation), developments related to education and training in Tanzimat, I. and II. Constitutional Monarchy periods, restructuring process in education, reforms for the restructuring of madrasas and the stages of education from Ottoman to Republic.
Course Content
From the foundation of the Ottoman Empire until the modernisation process, the education and training activities in Madrasas, Sıbyân Schools and Enderun Schools, which are the most basic educational institutions of the state. The sciences taught in madrasas and the works related to them. Modernisation and centralisation efforts in education and the opening of schools as modern educational institutions. The establishment of Darülfünûn. Reforms related to madrasas. The historical process of Ottoman education from the Ottoman Empire to the Republic and the restructuring efforts in this process and its results.
Course Precondition
To have read about the history of early Islamic education and educational institutions.
Resources
İsmail Hakkı Uzunçarşılı, The Ilmiye Organisation of the Ottoman State, Ankara: TTK Publications, 2022. Fahri Unan, Fatih Complex from its Establishment to the Present Day, Ankara: TTK Publications, 2003. İlhan Tekeli-Selim İlkin, Formation and Transformation of the Education and Information Production System in the Ottoman Empire, Ankara: TTK Publications, 1992. Cahid Baltacı, XV-XVI. Ottoman Madrasas in the Centuries I-II, Istanbul: IFAV Publications, 2005. Hüseyin Atay, Higher Religious Education in the Ottomans, Ankara: Atayy Publications, 2018. Cevat Izgi, Science in Ottoman Madrasahs -Riyazi and Natural Sciences-, Istanbul: Küre Publications, 2019. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoğlu, What were Madrasahs and what were they not? -Education of Rational Sciences in the Ottomans and the Introduction of Modern Science-, Istanbul: Kronik Publications, 2019.
Notes
Zeki Salih Zengin, Madrasahs and Religious Education in the 2nd Constitutional Monarchy, Ankara: Akçağ Publications, 2002. Zeki Salih Zengin, Religious Education and Teaching in Ottoman Formal Educational Institutions in the Tanzimat Era (1839-1876), Istanbul: MEB Publications, 2004. Zeki Salih Zengin, Religious Education and Teaching in Formal Educational Institutions in the Period of Abdulhamid II (1876-1908), Adana: Baki Bookstore, 2003. Zeki Salih Zengin, Higher Religious Education in Turkey from Madrasah to Darülfünûn, Ankara: Maarif Mektepleri Publications, 2019.
Course Learning Outcomes
| Order | Course Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|
| LO01 | Learns how the education system in the Ottoman Empire works. |
| LO02 | It establishes connections between the madrasahs established during the Ottoman Empire and the previous ones. |
| LO03 | Examines the institutionalization process of Ottoman education. |
| LO04 | He/she knows the sciences taught in madrasahs, the books taught about these sciences and the methods followed. |
| LO05 | To be aware of the main reasons for the decline in the quality of education in madrasas. |
| LO06 | Understands the modernisation efforts of Ottoman education. |
| LO07 | Explains why new educational institutions are needed. |
| LO08 | Have knowledge about the general characteristics of education in Tanzimat, I. and II. Constitutional Monarchy periods. |
| LO09 | Evaluates the Ottoman education policies from Tanzimat to the Republic. |
| LO10 | Knows the literature on the history of Ottoman education. |
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. | 4 |
| PLO03 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Students perform original researches on the field. | 2 |
| PLO04 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Gain sufficient knowledge about national and international studies in the field. | 3 |
| PLO05 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Can do original research in the field. | 3 |
| PLO06 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Determines a topic from the proposals and develops a report on this issue. | 3 |
| PLO07 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Discusses and presents the research report. | 3 |
| 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. | 3 |
| PLO10 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Effective use of a foreign language to follow international literature in the field | 1 |
| PLO11 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Using higher order thinking skills (critical thinking, problem solving, creative thinking, decision making, reflection) | 4 |
| 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 | 3 |
| PLO14 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Follow ethical rules | 5 |
Week Plan
| Week | Topic | Preparation | Methods |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Education and training institutions in the Ottoman Empire during the foundation period | Reading Related Source(s) | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Grup Çalışması |
| 2 | Madrasahs, Schools of Education and Enderun School | Reading Related Source(s) | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Beyin Fırtınası |
| 3 | Innovations made during the reigns of Fatih Sultan Mehmed and Suleiman the Magnificent regarding madrasahs | Reading Related Source(s) | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 4 | Modernisation initiatives in military education | Reading Related Source(s) | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 5 | Innovations in the field of education during the reign of Mahmut II | Reading Related Source(s) | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Soru-Cevap, Tartışma, Grup Çalışması |
| 6 | Restructuring in Ottoman education during the Tanzimat period | Reading Related Source(s) | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 7 | Centralisation in Education: Establishment of Maarif-i Umumiye Nezareti | Reading Related Source(s) | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 8 | Mid-Term Exam | Exam Preparation | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Yazılı Sınav |
| 9 | Newly established educational institutions: Schools/Maktabs | Reading Related Source(s) | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Beyin Fırtınası |
| 10 | Teacher schools: Dârülmuallimîn and Dârülmuallimât | Reading Related Source(s) | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 11 | Higher education in the Tanzimat period: Darülfünûn | Reading Related Source(s) | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 12 | Educational activities during the reign of Abdülhamid II | Reading Related Source(s) | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 13 | Developments related to education and training in I. and II. Constitutional Monarchy | Reading Related Source(s) | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Beyin Fırtınası |
| 14 | Regulations on the reform of madrasas | Reading Related Source(s) | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 15 | Ottoman education in the transition from the Constitutional Monarchy to the Republic | Reading Related Source(s) | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Grup Çalışması |
| 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 | 5 | 70 |
| Assesment Related Works | |||
| Homeworks, Projects, Others | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) | 1 | 15 | 15 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 30 | 30 |
| Total Workload (Hour) | 157 | ||
| Total Workload / 25 (h) | 6,28 | ||
| ECTS | 6 ECTS | ||