ÖZYURT, Melike Gaziantep Üniversitesi, Turkey , DEMİR, Servet Gaziantep Üniversitesi, Turkey , BAY, Erdal Gaziantep Üniversitesi, Turkey

The Assessment of Effectiveness of Value Education Curriculum Developed with School- Based Approach

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The main goal of this research is to assess the effectiveness of school-based value education curriculum which is developed for primary school students. In this research mixed research model was used and the research designed as a case study. The research group was comprised of the third and fourth grade students, parents and teachers of a private primary school which located in Gaziantep during 2014-2015 academic year. Student evaluation form, student self-evaluation form and teacher interview form were used as data collection tools of the research. The data collected with pre- and post-tests of student evaluation and student self-evaluation was analyzed by the Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test, the data from the interviews analyzed by descriptive analysis technique. The findings of the research indicated that the school-based approach on developing value education curriculum is effective in gaining value of being determined by the third and fourth grade students. The findings of focus group discussions conducted with teachers indicated that effectiveness of value education curriculum is based on the parent involvement and development school based curriculum

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School , Based Curriculum Development , To Be Determined , Primary School Value Education Curriculum , Curriculum Evaluation

ege journal of education

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