Value Education for Bilingual Turkish Students: Value Consciousness Approach

Abstract

This study aims to determine the effect of value education on students by applying the Value Consciousness Approach to bilingual Turkish students living in Germany. The study was carried out with eight values: sensitivity, honesty, aesthetics, tolerance, cooperation, respect, love, and responsibility. The study group of research consisted of 10 students in the 3rd and 4th grades. The study lasted for eight weeks and a single value was considered each week. In the study, a quasi-experimental method was used to determine the effect of the Value Consciousness application on students. Pre-test and post-test were used before and after the application to reveal the level of the students regarding the eight values determined. Wilcoxon Signed Ranks test was used in the analysis of the data obtained in the study. As a result, it was determined that the techniques included in the application were effective on bilingual Turkish students.

Keywords

• Value consciousness
• value education
• bilingual Turkish students

İki Dilli Türk Öğrencilerine Değer Eğitimi: Değer Bilinçlendirme Yaklaşımı / Value Education for Bilingual Turkish Students: Value Consciousness Approach

Abstract

Bu araştırmanın amacı; Almanya’da yaşayan iki dilli Türk öğrencilerine Değer Bilinçlendirme Yaklaşımı uygulayarak değer eğitiminin öğrenciler üzerindeki etkisini belirlemektir. Araştırma duyarlılık, dürüstlük, estetik, hoşgörü, işbirliği, saygı, sevgi ve sorumluluk değerleri olmak üzere sekiz değer ile gerçekleştirilmiştir. Araştırmanın çalışma grubunu 3. ve 4. sınıftaki 10 öğrenci oluşturmuştur. Araştırma sekiz hafta sürmüş ve her hafta tek bir değer ele alınmıştır. Araştırmada Değer Bilinçlendirme uygulamasının öğrenciler üzerinde etkisini belirlemek için yarı deneysel yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Belirlenen sekiz değerle ilgili öğrencilerin düzeyini ortaya koymak için uygulama öncesi ön test ve uygulama sonrası son test kullanılmıştır. Araştırmada elde edilen verilerin analizinde Wilcoxon İşaretli Sıralar testi kullanılmıştır. Sonuç olarak uygulamada yer alan tekniklerin iki dilli Türk öğrenciler üzerinde etkili olduğu saptanmıştır.

Keywords

• Value consciousness
• value education
• bilingual Turkish students

Supporting Institution

Karlsruhe Başkonsolosluğu Eğitim Ataşeliği

Thanks

Karlsruhe Başkonsolosluğu Eğitim Ataşeliğine, Türkçe ve Türk Kültürü dersi öğremeniyken 07.06.2021 ile 28.07.2021 tarihleri arasında yüz yüze gerçekleştirdiğim uygulamaya izin verdikleri için teşekkür ederim.

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