Theology Faculties are the basic institutions to maintain the highest religious
education in Turkey. In fact, these institutions are the pioneer of formal and
non-formal religious education activities carried out in Turkey. These institutions make an important contribution to the proper understanding of religion
and Islam with the religious knowledge it produces, and also play an important role in the religious life in Turkey. Although they have become significant
changes in many areas such as their number, program, student diversity and
employment conditions since the day they were established, the qualification of
the individual and the training processes taking place in these institutions have
not been examined adequately in the scientific researches. However, without
revealing the human model that an educational institution envisages to train, it
is not possible to conduct programs such as curriculum development, selection
of teaching staff and organizing the training space. Since the day they were founded, the imaginations, the expectations, and the
critics of the different groups of the society were raised about theology faculties. Investigation of these can contribute to the discussion of this human model
and to make new decisions. Within this framework, opinions and evaluations
can be taken from the lecturers, students and the stakeholders who receive services from this institution. It is, of course, impossible to address all of these
works within the framework of an article. In this study the views of students at
the theology faculty in a state university were examined. Hence, it is investigated that what a student of theology faculty think about the requirements that
a student of theology faculty must have and that how these requirements relate
to the education of theology.
The research which is conducted by using the general screening model is
limited to the statements of the students. In this context, a total of 141 students
were selected from each class (26-30) from preparatory class of 4th grade. With
a data collection tool consisting of open-ended questions asked the students to
rank the basic characteristics in order of importance. Then students were asked
to justify their thoughts and they were asked ‘what do you think about the education in the theology faculty contributes to the features you have listed above?’
They were then asked to explain their reasons.
As a result of the research, it was seen that students highlighted various personal, mental, educational, religious/moral sensitivities related to the ideal theology student. Finally, it is understood that these characteristics are based on
student qualification, instructional quality and social expectations.
Primary Language | Turkish |
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Subjects | Religious Studies |
Journal Section | Articles |
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Publication Date | December 30, 2018 |
Published in Issue | Year 2018 Volume: 16 Issue: 36 |