The Investigation of Value Education Program Effects on Children Attending Preschool in Terms of Gaining Value

Abstract

This study was carried out to examine ‘the effect of the Pre-School Values Education Program for children who are five to six years and are attending to preschool on the value of respect, responsibility, honesty, cooperation, sharing and friendship. Participants of the study consist of children aged five and six who continue to state school located in the district of Yıldırım, Bursa. The research was conducted with a total of 43 children, 22 in the control group and 21 in the experimental group. This program, which is implemented two days a week, consists of 24 sessions. In this study, an unselected pattern with pretest - posttest control group was applied. In order to determine the permanency of the training, the children who were in the experimental group were re-applied the scales four weeks after the training program was completed. As a result of this study, it was found that the children in the experimental group who had received the Pre-School Values Program showed significant increases (p <.01) in value gains compared to pre-test-post-test child form data. According to these results, education programs supporting children’s values of respect, cooperation, friendship, honesty, sharing and responsibility were seen to positively affect children’s value acquisition.