Ortaöğretim DKAB Ders Kitaplarında İnançla İlgili Felsefi Yaklaşımların Öğretimi
Teaching Philosophical Approaches to Faith in Secondary School RCMK Textbooks

Summary/Abstract: The main purpose of this study is to examine and evaluate how philosophical approaches to faith are addressed in Religious Culture and Moral Knowledge (RCMK) textbooks. For this purpose, the 2018 Secondary Education RCMK Curriculum for grades 9, 10, 11, and 12 was taken as the basis; the review and evaluation were concentrated on the topic of “Philosophical Approaches to Faith” within Unit 4, titled “Issues Related to Faith,” in the 11th-grade curriculum. A case study design, one of the qualitative research methods, was employed in the study, and the data were collected from five 11th-grade secondary school RCMK textbooks published between 2018 and 2024. Of these books, two were prepared by the Ministry of National Education (public sector) and three by private publishing houses. The relevant topic in each textbook was examined by the researcher and analyzed through descriptive analysis. After the themes were identified, the analysis was conducted, and the findings and conclusions of the study were grounded in these data. According to the results, the philosophical approaches to faith presented in the textbooks - through definitions, main claims, partial historical background, and comparisons with Islamic belief- show an indirect alignment with the curriculum. Although the activities are generally adequate, they remain open to improvement for fostering skill-based, highe rorder cognitive learning. The visual content is of good quality and relevant to the topics, whereas the sources remain at a basic level and would benefit from references that reflect the original claims of the approaches and enable comparative discussion.

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