عنوان

"Religious Education" or "Teaching about Religion"? A Review of Compulsory Religious Culture and Ethics Lessons in Turkish Primary and Secondary Schools

شماره

LA125933

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انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

"Religious Education" or "Teaching about Religion"? A Review of Compulsory Religious Culture and Ethics Lessons in Turkish Primary and Secondary Schools

نام عام مواد

[Article]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Turgay Gündüz

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

Religious Culture and Ethics (RCE), a compulsory course in Turkish primary and secondary schools, is a highly debated issue with respect to education on religion. Discussions focus on whether the class is "religious education" with a confessional approach or "religious culture and ethics teaching" that adopts a non-confessional view. Following a short history of religious education courses in Turkish primary and secondary education, this study analyses the curriculum and the content of the RCE course from the perspective of two Islamic sects (madhhab) and religious education approaches to discuss the principal educational approach applied in the country. The study also analyses the argument that holds that RCE is a non-confessional lesson in terms of both content and application; and that, accordingly, there is no problem with its presence among compulsory courses in primary education. It is rather concluded that, since its inclusion within the primary and secondary education curricula as a compulsory lesson, RCE has never been non-confessional in terms of including other religions and beliefs as well as other sects within Islam. An examination of the sectarian sources of information on worship provided in these courses reveals that the current textbooks are explicitly grounded in the Hanafi School with regard to issues of Muslim obligations. Religious Culture and Ethics (RCE), a compulsory course in Turkish primary and secondary schools, is a highly debated issue with respect to education on religion. Discussions focus on whether the class is "religious education" with a confessional approach or "religious culture and ethics teaching" that adopts a non-confessional view. Following a short history of religious education courses in Turkish primary and secondary education, this study analyses the curriculum and the content of the RCE course from the perspective of two Islamic sects (madhhab) and religious education approaches to discuss the principal educational approach applied in the country. The study also analyses the argument that holds that RCE is a non-confessional lesson in terms of both content and application; and that, accordingly, there is no problem with its presence among compulsory courses in primary education. It is rather concluded that, since its inclusion within the primary and secondary education curricula as a compulsory lesson, RCE has never been non-confessional in terms of including other religions and beliefs as well as other sects within Islam. An examination of the sectarian sources of information on worship provided in these courses reveals that the current textbooks are explicitly grounded in the Hanafi School with regard to issues of Muslim obligations.

تاريخ نشر

2018

توصيف ظاهري

153-178

عنوان

Religion & Human Rights

شماره جلد

13/2

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

1871-0328

اصطلاح موضوعی

compulsory religious instruction

اصطلاح موضوعی

confessional education

اصطلاح موضوعی

non-confessional education

اصطلاح موضوعی

Religious Culture and Ethics

اصطلاح موضوعی

teaching about religion

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Turgay Gündüz

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/18710328-13021140

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y