Information Package / Course Catalogue
PDR 504 Professional Ethics and Legal Issues
MEF University
Degree Programs
Guidance and Psychological Counseling (Non-Thesis)
General Information For Students
Diploma SupplementErasmus Policy Statement
Guidance and Psychological Counseling (Non-Thesis)
Master Length of the Programme: 1.5 Number of Credits: 90 TR-NQF-HE: Level 7 QF-EHEA: Second Cycle EQF: Level 7

ECTS Course Information Package

School/Faculty/Institute Graduate School
Course Code PDR 504
Course Title in English Professional Ethics and Legal Issues
Course Title in Turkish Meslek Etiği ve Yasal Konular
Language of Instruction TR
Type of Course Flipped Classroom,Lecture
Level of Course Advanced
Semester Fall
Contact Hours per Week
Lecture: 3 Recitation: - Lab: - Other: -
Estimated Student Workload 136 hours per semester
Number of Credits 5 ECTS
Grading Mode Standard Letter Grade
Pre-requisites None
Co-requisites None
Expected Prior Knowledge Knowledge of research methods at undergraduate level
Registration Restrictions Graduate Students Only
Overall Educational Objective This course aims to provide knowledge and skills regarding ethical principles and general practice standards in the field of psychological counseling and guidance, decision-making in accordance with professional ethics, client rights and responsibilities of the psychological counselor, and legal problems.
Course Description During the semester, lessons will be conducted under the following topics: 1. Conceptually human rights, ethics and law, ethics and law in professional practice 2. Ethical problems, ethical dilemmas in the field of PDR (over professional practice examples) 3.Laws and regulations in the field of PDR and their working order in practice 4. PDR professional practices in ethical and legal framework An environment will be created where students will be both effective buyers and presenters, express their opinions and discuss them. Students will not only be able to absorb the topics but also comprehend them as practical knowledge.

Course Learning Outcomes and Competences

Upon successful completion of the course, the learner is expected to be able to:
1) The individual recalls his or her awareness, as a young adult, of established knowledge and practices of morality, ethics, and law that apply to all areas of life.
2) To be able to distinguish the differences and similarities between the concepts of morality, ethics, law and their applications in life
3) To recognize and distinguish ethical and legal wrongs and rights in the field of social life and professional practice.
4) Obtain information about ethical rules and regulations and act in accordance with these regulations in professional practice, and learn by discussing how to act in the face of inappropriate attitudes and behaviors.
5) Each student must have examined and discussed at least one ethical and legal problem in the field of PDR and gained a general understanding of all such problems.
6) Doing academic reading in the field of professional ethics and law.
7) To practice one's profession according to ethical principles and to defend ethical principles
Program Learning Outcomes/Course Learning Outcomes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1) Develop and deepen the knowledge that theoretical and practical based on undergraduate qualifications.
2) Understand and discuss the interdisciplinary interaction related to the field of guidance and psychological counseling.
3) Understand theoretical and experiential perspectives of educational psychology.
4) Identify historical, contemporary, and future theoretical perspectives that underpin counseling practice.
5) Understand various developmental, personality, and learning theories and their relevance to counseling practice.
6) Demonstrate the theoretical and practical knowledge at the level of expertise and has acquired in the field of psychological counseling and guidance, develops and deepens this knowledge.
7) Understand the conceptual processes involved in the application of theory-based approaches with clients with different social, cultural and developmental characteristics.
8) Understand to incorporate theoretical understanding into work with clients, including using techniques and interventions, conceptualization, and developing a personal understanding of their own theoretical approach.
9) Understand group counseling dynamics and able to facilitate various types of groups using appropriate and relevant group facilitation skills to create transformational experiences with clients.
10) Recognize and consider a human development framework when implementing counseling services within a multi-tiered approach to prevention and intervention.
11) Write and interpret scientific research projects.
12) Analyze scientific researches and understand how research findings can be integrated into the counseling process in practice.
13) Demonstrates an ethical understanding of professional limitations and competencies and they understand how to self-evaluate their own performance in relation to these ethical standards.
14) Design a psychoeducation program to counseling practice informed by, and grounded in, theories, research, and personal experiences.
15) Demonstrate counseling skills that include interviewing and case conceptualization.
16) Apply and provide an individual and group counseling based on effective therapeutic factors and characteristics.
17) Recognizes the importance of staying dynamic and up to date by reading and continuing their experiences in the field.
18) Evaluate their own competencies and when working with a vulnerable population, continue to be reading and seek support or supervision from experts in the field.

Relation to Program Outcomes and Competences

N None S Supportive H Highly Related
     
Program Outcomes and Competences Level Assessed by
1) Develop and deepen the knowledge that theoretical and practical based on undergraduate qualifications. S Participation
2) Understand and discuss the interdisciplinary interaction related to the field of guidance and psychological counseling. S Participation
3) Understand theoretical and experiential perspectives of educational psychology. N
4) Identify historical, contemporary, and future theoretical perspectives that underpin counseling practice. N
5) Understand various developmental, personality, and learning theories and their relevance to counseling practice. N
6) Demonstrate the theoretical and practical knowledge at the level of expertise and has acquired in the field of psychological counseling and guidance, develops and deepens this knowledge. S Participation
7) Understand the conceptual processes involved in the application of theory-based approaches with clients with different social, cultural and developmental characteristics. S Participation
8) Understand to incorporate theoretical understanding into work with clients, including using techniques and interventions, conceptualization, and developing a personal understanding of their own theoretical approach. N
9) Understand group counseling dynamics and able to facilitate various types of groups using appropriate and relevant group facilitation skills to create transformational experiences with clients. N
10) Recognize and consider a human development framework when implementing counseling services within a multi-tiered approach to prevention and intervention. N
11) Write and interpret scientific research projects. N
12) Analyze scientific researches and understand how research findings can be integrated into the counseling process in practice. N
13) Demonstrates an ethical understanding of professional limitations and competencies and they understand how to self-evaluate their own performance in relation to these ethical standards. H Participation
14) Design a psychoeducation program to counseling practice informed by, and grounded in, theories, research, and personal experiences. N
15) Demonstrate counseling skills that include interviewing and case conceptualization. N
16) Apply and provide an individual and group counseling based on effective therapeutic factors and characteristics. N
17) Recognizes the importance of staying dynamic and up to date by reading and continuing their experiences in the field. S Participation
18) Evaluate their own competencies and when working with a vulnerable population, continue to be reading and seek support or supervision from experts in the field. H Participation
Prepared by and Date ,
Course Coordinator EZGİ TOPLU DEMİRTAŞ
Semester Fall
Name of Instructor

Course Contents

Week Subject
1) Introduction to the course, introduction and review of the course syllabus
2) Morality, ethics and law as concepts and fields of application - Contract
3) Professional boundaries, rights, law and ethics...
4) Managerial, professional and organizational ethics…
5) Education as a human right, ethics and law in the educational environment
6) Ethics/moral relationship with education (pedagogy) and psychology - Sources and framework of ethical principles in psychological counseling
7) Respect for the client's autonomy – The client's mental competence is informed
8) Counselor's personal, professional competence - receiving and giving supervision
9) Psychological counselor and his/her responsibilities towards the client, colleague and society
10) Confidentiality / Confidentiality - keeping records in exceptional cases…
11) Preventing abuse in counseling – sexual, emotional, financial abuse
12) Ethical problem/dilemma/dilemma solving
13) Legal liability of the consultant individually and corporately
14) Review of the Code of Ethics for Psychological Counseling and Guidance and the Ethics Directive for Guidance and Psychological Counseling Services of the Ministry of National Education
15) End of Term Exams
16) End of Term Exams
Required/Recommended Readings1. Aydın İ (2017). Yönetsel Mesleki ve Örgütsel Etik, Ankara, Pegem Akademi Yayıncılık. 2. Bağatur JI (2016). Sorularla Özel Eğitim Hukuku. Ankara, Eğiten Kitap Yayıncılık. 3. Barker PJ, Baldwin S (1991). Ethical Issues in Mental Health. London, Chapman & Hall 4. Bezirci M (2017). Etik İlkeler ve Etik Eğitimi. Konya, Çizgi Kitabevi Yayınları 5. Bond T. (2017) Psikolojik Danışmanlıkta Etik ve Yasal Konular, (Çev B. Yeşilyaprak). İstanbul, Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık. 6. Demirkasımoğlu N (2020). Etik ve Eğitim. Ankara, Anı Yayıncılık. 7. Gümüş AE, Gümüş MA (2018). Psikolojik Danışmada Etik ve Hukuk. İstanbul, On İki Levha Yayıncılık. 8. Ilğan A (2020). Eğitimde Ahlak ve Etik. Ankara, Pegem Akademi Yayıncılık. 9. Koçak O (2018). Afet Yönetimi ve Etik. Bursa, Ekin Yayınevi. 10. Kuçuradi İ. (2019). Ahlak, Etik ve Etikler. Ankara, Türkiye Felsefe Kurumu 11. Pieper A (2012): Etiğe Giriş, (Çev. V Atayman, G Sezer), İkinci baskı. İstanbul, Ayrıntı Yayınları. 12. Tepe H. (2001) Etik ve Meslek Etikleri. Ankara, Türkiye Felsefe Kurumu 13. Zeren ŞG (2020). Psikolojik Danışmada Yeni Açılımlar ve Çevrimiçi Psikolojik Danışma: Uygulayıcılar İçin El Kitabı. Ankara, Pegem Akademi Yayıncılık. 14. Millî Eğitim Bakanlığı Rehberlik ve Psikolojik Danışma Hizmetleri Etik Yönergesi. http://orgm.meb.gov.tr/meb_iys_dosyalar/2020_08/31230349_RPDH_Etik_Yonergesi_.pdf. 15. Psikolojik Danışma ve Rehberlik alanında çalışanlar için Etik Kurallar https://acikders.ankara.edu.tr/pluginfile.php/44163/mod_resource/content/0/PDR%20Etik.pdf 16. Çocuk Koruma Kanunu. https://www.mevzuat.gov.tr/MevzuatMetin/1.5.5395.pdf 17. Türk Ceza Kanunu. https://www.mevzuat.gov.tr/MevzuatMetin/1.5.5237-20150327.pdf
Teaching MethodsBased on the flipped learning philosophy implemented by MEF University, students will be supported to actively build the bridge between theoretical knowledge, daily life and practice with interactive and student-oriented teaching methods.
Homework and Projects-
Laboratory Work-
Computer Use-
Other Activities-
Assessment Methods
Assessment Tools Count Weight
Homework Assignments 2 % 60
Presentation 1 % 40
TOTAL % 100
Course Administration

İntihal Uyarısı 1. Sizin tarafınızdan gönderilen ve adınızı taşıyan herhangi bir ödev veya rapor, eğitmeninizden önceden yazılı onay almadığınız sürece, daha önce başka bir ders için gönderilmemiş, sadece bu ders için hazırlanmış kendi orijinal çalışmanız olduğu varsayılır. 2. Ev ödeviniz veya projeniz de dahil olmak üzere teslim ettiğiniz her çalışmanızın, diğer kişiler tarafından yayınlarda, Web sitelerinde veya diğer kaynaklarda ancak uygun şekilde atıfta bulunarak yazılan kelimeleri veya fikirleri kullanabilirsiniz. "Doğru atıf" çalışmanızda yeniden ürettiğiniz başkalarının sözlerini veya fikirlerini, genellikle bir dipnot veya parantez biçiminde, orijinal kaynağını ve kullanımınızın kapsamını tam olarak tanımladığınız anlamına gelir. 3. Kampüs topluluğunun bir üyesi olarak, tüm akademik çabalarınızda dürüstlük göstermenizin beklendiğini ve kendi değerleriniz doğrultusunda değerlendirileceğinizi unutmamalısınız. Bu nedenle akademik başarılarınızdan gurur duyun ve MEF Üniversitesi'nde akademik bütünlüğün korunmasına ve geliştirilmesine yardımcı olun. 4. Araştırma yöntemleri dersi kapsamında, herhangi bir intihal, etik dışı davranış dersten kalma ile sonuçlanacaktır ve YÖK’ün ve/veya üniversitenin yürürlükte olan yaptırımları kapsamında değerlendirilecektir.

ECTS Student Workload Estimation

Activity No/Weeks Hours Calculation
No/Weeks per Semester Preparing for the Activity Spent in the Activity Itself Completing the Activity Requirements
Course Hours 14 2 3 2 98
Homework Assignments 14 1 1 28
Final Examination 1 0 10 10
Total Workload 136
Total Workload/25 5.4
ECTS 5