Abstract

The present study aims to investigate the subjects of the works written on moral and citizenship education during the Tanzimat period and after and the methods considered for these courses. The other aim of this study is to demonstrate that the Ottoman educators were not unaware of the methods implemented in the lessons in today’s modern education system and the education system of Ottoman was well aware of these methods. The present study was carried out by means of document analysis methods. Works and articles written with the Tanzimat period and after teaching approach and method were investigated. The approaches and methods that the Ottoman educators used in the moral and citizenship education were termed this way by reviewing their content by the researchers of this study. The results of the study demonstrated that the educators of the Ottoman Empire were well aware of the modern teaching techniques and used them in moral and citizenship education.

Key words: Moral education, citizenship education, Ottoman educators, citizenship, methods.