“I WONDER ABOUT GOD I KNOW MY PROPHETS” WORKSHOP
“I Wonder Allah, I Know My Prophets” WorkshopBülbülzülzade Foundation Education and Teacher Unit held the workshop program titled “I Wonder Allah, I Know My Prophets” on Saturday, April 19, 2025 at Zade Life Hotel within the foundation. Various university, secondary and primary school educators, academics, experts and parents participated in the training program, which aims to guide children's religious curiosity.
The program included important sessions and workshops on how educators and parents should approach the questions children face in the process of getting to know Allah.
The first session of the day started with an interview with author Özkan Öze on his book “Allah'ı Merak Ediyorum”. The background of children's questions about Allah, parents' attitudes towards these questions and the correct ways to answer them were discussed in detail.
In the second part of the program, a workshop session titled “Children's Religious Curiosity and Adults' Approach” was held. Participants made evaluations on the child-centered approach in religious education through group presentations.
Nurcan Yıldırım's talk titled “Style and Prophet Lives”, which started after the lunch break, emphasized how the prophet parables should be explained to children and the importance of a language based on love and compassion.
The 2nd Workshop Session of the program was titled “Discussions on the Lives of the Prophets”. Five different groups discussed how to answer the questions that children are most curious about with excerpts from the lives of five prophets from Adam to Moses. In the workshops; various topics such as “Why were humans sent to the world?”, “How to gain questioning and contemplation?”, “Why is forgiveness important?”, “Do miracles really happen?” and “Why did Prophet Moses oppose Pharaoh?” were discussed.
Bülbülzade Foundation's Education and Teacher Unit added a new one to its work with educators for children and young people and contributed to equipping the participants with both theoretical knowledge and practical approaches. The program ended with group presentations and general evaluation.
