Examination of Values Education Studies in Pre-School Period in Turkey: Last 10 years

Authors : Esma BAŞYİĞİT, Bahattin AYDINLI

Pages : 30-48

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Publication Date : 2021-06-30

Article Type : Review Paper

Abstract :In this study, it is aimed to examine the academic studies on values education in preschool education in our country between the years 2010-2020. The sample of the research consists of 1 doctoral study, 10 master’s theses and 50 national articles on values education in the preschool period. A total of 61 studies was reviewed. In the research, document analysis method was used. Studies were grouped according to common sub-headings by document analysis. As a result of the research, it was determined that many studies were carried out on values education in the pre-school period, and the studies were dealt with values education from multidimensional and different aspects. It has been revealed that there are few studies on scale studies, studies on games, analysis of cartoons, books and magazines. It has been seen that there are many studies conducted by taking the opinions of preschool teachers and teacher candidates.
Keywords : Preschool, values education, document analysis