Student Opinions on the Order of Importance of the Root Values and in Which Course They Can be Taught Better

Abstract

This study which aims to reveal the opinions of secondary school students about the order of importance of root values and in which course can be better taught, was carried out with 322 secondary school students who were selected in accordance with the easily accessible sampling method during their education in the spring semester of the 2021-2022 academic year in Mamak and Çankaya districts of Ankara. The data of the study were collected with the "Idea Determination Form about in which course the root values will be taught better" and "The Form for determining the order of importance of the root values" created by the researchers. The SPSS program was used in the analysis of the data obtained from the participants by going to the schools previously determined by the researchers. In the analysis of the data, the findings part of the research was created by using the frequency values in line with the participant answers. When looking at the results of the study, it was determined that the root values that the students in the participant group considered the most important among the root values were justice, patriotism and honesty respectively while the root values that they considered the least important were self-control, patience and responsibility. On the other hand, it was determined that the courses that the participants considered the most important in gaining the root values were respectively religious culture and moral knowledge, Turkish and social studies, and the least important courses were music, foreign language and visual arts. Based on these results, it can be suggested that planning and implementation of regulations should be made by underlining that all the lessons in secondary schools are important and necessary in terms of root values, considering that all the root values in the programs have the same importance for individuals and they are complementary to each other.