Abstract
In recent years, there is a big debate among researchers, teachers and decision makers about what to include in early childhood values education in preschools in Turkey. The aim of the current study is to make a need analysis for values education programme for preschoolers. This study was conducted with 200 preschool teachers in one of urban cities of Turkey –Kahramanmaraş- during 2016-2017 Spring semester. A values checklist is created for the current study by making use of Turkish Ministry of Education’s ‘Values Education Prescript’. The values checklist is a 5-Likert type scale coded as: Not important, Slightly important, Moderately important, Important, Very important. The teachers participated in this study were asked to rank values according to their self regard on importance of them. Findings of this study are analyzed by SPSS 22.0 Programme. According to the findings of the need analysis, top ten values which are chosen by teachers as essential to be implemented in preschools as part of the values education programme for preschoolers are as follows: Honesty, patriotism, responsibility, respect, respect to the elders, respect to environment, love, being fair, respect to others’ rights and being modest. Also, least five values which were ranked by teachers are social responsibility, generosity, collaboration, forehandedness and courage.
Highlights
The most considerable qualification of people could be cited as their sociability.People define and find their identity within the society they live in
Least five values which were ranked by teachers are social responsibility(63.5%), generosity(61.5%), collaboration(59.5%), forehandedness(58.5%) and courage(55.0)
In the light of the findings which are get through this study allow researchers to show these conclusions: Teachers of preschool students are asked to list values in an order of their self perception of importance array of values for a need analysis of values education programme for preschool students
Summary
The most considerable qualification of people could be cited as their sociability.People define and find their identity within the society they live in. They are regarded as an important concept but values are cited as a problematic issue in social sciences due to its close relation with human behavior When it is thought in educational environment it might be an indispensable concept to adjust people to the society in which they live (Dilmaç & Ekşi, 2007). Teachers have a significant role in transmitting values to young individuals in schools From this point of view, values have been gaining extensive importance in recent years. People should take four elements into account in the decision process of the values for educational programmes These four elements are; individual, society, relations and environment (Kinnier, Kernes & Dautheribes, 2000). Democratic Approach is one of the sorts of Needs Analysis; it provides to have an idea on opinions of dominant people on determined subjectin a society (Demirel, 2014).In this study, it is aimed to get an opinion with making an attempt at outlining the views of preschool teachers on which values should be included in preschool curriculum studies as a kind of need analysis
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