Abstract
The aim of this study is to define the effect of Mesnevî Supported Values Education on the attitudes of 4th grade students in primary school towards the values such as Hospitality, Philanthropy, Patriotism, Giving Importance to the Family Unity and Tolerance. The experimental method including pretest and posttest experimental and control groups was used in order to demonstrate the differences between the attitudes of the experimental group Education was applied and the control group on which Mesnevî Supported Values Education was not applied. The data has been gathered by using attitude scale and interview forms developed by the researchers in this study. In the results obtained by analysing the data, after the application, a significant difference in favor of the experimental group between the attitude scores regarding values such as Hospitality, Philanthropy, Patriotism, Giving Importance to the Family Unity and Tolerance was found between experimental and control groups. No significant difference between the attitude scores of experimental and control groups was found in according to gender, educational background and level of income of parents. In the interviews, it is found that Mesnevî Supported Values Education application objectifies the process of value education, makes value learning easy and has a positive impact on the attitudes of students towards values.
Highlights
Wise people of the societies has drawn attention to the values which virtuous societies should have that is formed by virtuous individuals since the old days
Sub-problem 1: “Is there a meaningful difference between the test group students who the Mesnevî Supported Values Education is applied and the attitude of the control group students who this education is not applied related to the values of Hospitality, Philanthropy, Patriotism, Giving Importance to the Family Unity and Tolerance according to the measurements before and after the experimental process?”
The fact that there is no significant difference between the pretest attitude scores of the students in the experimental and control groups indicates that both of the groups had the similar attitudes towards Hospitality, Philanthropy, Patriotism, Giving Importance to Family Union and Tolerance values before the application, the fact that there is a significant difference between the experimental and control groups shows that Mesnevî Supported Values Education has affected the attitudes of the students towards Hospitality, Philanthropy, Patriotism, Giving Importance to Family Union and Tolerance values positively
Summary
Wise people of the societies has drawn attention to the values which virtuous societies should have that is formed by virtuous individuals since the old days. Despite it shows some varieties depending on time and place those values has always been protecting their importance (Kaymakcan, 2010). The values which can be defined as susceptibility that people show against an incident, case or individual (Yaman, 2012), are the preferences that constitutes our principles and reflects our beliefs, effects our decisions, defines our life style and targets (Aktepe & Yel, 2009). The values which are defined as thoughts that effects our life and thoughts that we put importance in (Doğanay, 2012), are the inclusive ethics thoughts and beliefs that the individual shown against any concept or case (Yeşil & Aydın, 2007)
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