AN EVALUATION ON THE CHANGE OF THE RELIGIOUS EDUCATION CONTENT FROM PAST TO PRESENT PERİOD / GEÇMİŞTEN GÜNÜMÜZE DİN EĞİTİMİNİN MUHTEVASININ DEĞİŞİMİ ÜZERİNE BİR DEĞERLENDİRME

Comparing the contents of education before and after the modern period, it is possible to say that there is a distinct diffrence each other. The reason for this is that the meaning related to education and religious education has changed. Education was also entirely religious because religious influence was stronger in human and world view. Therefore, the content of education was determined in this direction. In the modern era, the main factor that drives education is the economic and industrial order. Educational expectation of this changing main factor is to train individuals who will be able to adapt to this plan and produce initially economical value. Religious education should not be considered as a free from this perspective, either. It can also take place with a content that is able to serve this purpose in the education system. In this study, the difference was tried to be put forward and evaluated through the views of Muslim scholars and educators about the content of education (and therefore religious education) from past to present. In the views of the old Islamic scholars about the content of education, it is seen that the subjects such as education of the Qur'an, the classification of the sciences that are taught and instruction of the rules of decency ‘edeb / Âdabu'l-Muâşeret' are dealt with. It can be said that thinkers and educators of our century base on two different approaches and offer a content depending on how they react to modern education system. One of them is an approach maintaining the traditional understanding of religious education by criticizing the current situation. The other one is an approach that takes the situation as a reality and tries to make suggestions based on existing conditions.