Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue

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FACULTY OF LETTERS & SCIENCE / THB 218 - TURKISH FOLKLORE DEPARTMENT

Code: THB 218 Course Title: FOLK PHILOSOPHY AND DAILY LIFE Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 3
Year/Semester of Study 2 / Spring Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department TURKISH FOLKLORE DEPARTMENT
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer ADEM ÖGER (adem.oger@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
To teach Turkish people's thinking and lifestyle and cultural systems and daily life.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Explain the scope, subject, method and basic concepts of folk philosophy. PO-1 Graduates of Turkish Folklore Department have basic and general knowledge about discipline.
PO-8 They will be able to analyze the basic elements of culture and to take an active role in the protection of the information channels that protect the identity of the society through their inferences.
PO-10 They can reach scientific results that can bring innovation to Turkish Folklore discipline through original academic studies.
Examination
LO-2 Gains knowledge of the holistic relationship between folk philosophy and other folklore genres. PO-5 Graduates of the Department of Turkish Folklore will be able to analyze the processes of creation, transfer and execution of folklore products and analyze the changes and transformations of public life.
PO-7 They produce knowledge about society and use the information they produce in solving economic, social and technological problems.
PO-24 To be able to transfer scientific knowledge clearly and competently.
Examination
LO-3 Explains and interprets the thematic, structural, functional and epistemic features of folk philosophy. PO-8 They will be able to analyze the basic elements of culture and to take an active role in the protection of the information channels that protect the identity of the society through their inferences.
PO-12 Communicate professionally in the field of interest or by using oral and written communication opportunities with other sections of the society.
PO-22 It promotes the universality of social and cultural rights in the field of humanities, gains consciousness of social justice, has historical and cultural heritage.
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
How to do research and compilation studies in Folklore, methods and techniques used in compilation.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 What is folk philosophy? What is public life? General bibliography Lecture, Discussion Method, Question and Answer
2 Turkish steppe culture, established life Lecture, Discussion Method, Question and Answer
3 Social structure in Turkish culture (family, height, state) Lecture, Discussion Method, Question and Answer
4 Social structure in Turkish culture (Independence, country, people, law) Lecture, Discussion Method, Question and Answer
5 Domination, box, characteristics Lecture, Discussion Method, Question and Answer
6 Domination, box, characteristics Lecture, Discussion Method, Question and Answer
7 Organization in the Turkish state Lecture, Discussion Method, Question and Answer
8 mid-term exam
9 Justice in Turkish culture, public law Lecture, Discussion Method, Question and Answer
10 The thought system and moral, trades organizations of economic life in Turkish culture Lecture, Discussion Method, Question and Answer
11 Old Turkish belief (Shamanism; belief in natural forces; cult of ancestors; heaven of heaven) Lecture, Discussion Method, Question and Answer
12 The idea of art and literature in Turkish culture Lecture, Discussion Method, Question and Answer
13 Women in Turkish culture (in daily life, literature, theater and other fields) Lecture, Discussion Method, Question and Answer
14 Turkish folk philosophy and modern politics Lecture, Discussion Method, Question and Answer
15 Turkish folk philosophy and modern everyday life Lecture, Discussion Method, Question and Answer
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Raphaela, Lewıs, Osmanlıda Gündelik Yaşam, Alter Yay., İstanbul 2009.
2 Sevengil, Refik Ahmet, İstanbul Nasıl Eğleniyordu?, İletişim Yay. İstanbul 1998.
3 Bayrı, M. Halit, İstanbul Folkloru, İstanbul 1972.
4 Hamarat, Zehra, Ahmet Rasim’in Gözüyle İstanbul Folkloru, İstanbul 2010.
5 Tez, Zeki, Gündelik Yaşam ve Eğlencenin Kültürel Tarihi, Doruk Yay. İstanbul 2009.
6 Tekeli, İbrahim, Gündelik Yaşam, Yaşam Kalitesi ve Yerellik Yazıları, Tarih Vakfı Yurt Yay., İstanbul 2009.
7 Can, Aynur, Kentte Gündelik Yaşam, Ötüken Neşriyat, 2010.
Required Course instruments and materials
Projection

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 1 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 1 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 2 14 28
Outside Class
       a) Reading 4 5 20
       b) Search in internet/Library 4 5 20
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 0
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 2 5 10
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 2 5 10
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 90