Tarihi Kahramanların Değerler Eğitiminde Rol Model Olarak Kullanılmasına İlişkin Ortaokul Öğrencilerinin Algıları

Abstract

Historical heroes can be described as personalities who have taken an important place in history with their personalities as well as their contribution to social life. Scientists, artists, politicians and community leaders are important historical heroes. Historically, societies have benefited from these historical heroes to create the human model they need. Historical heroes are effective in embodying value education. It can be said that historical heroes have an important role in transferring values in education systems. Through historical heroes, values can be made concrete by students. In this research, it is aimed to determine which historical heroes relate to the values of the 5th, 6th and 7th grade students in the Social Studies Curriculum. The research was designed in a qualitative model and it is a case study. Students learn both historical heroes and values in social studies classes. The research was carried out in the spring semester of 2017-2018 academic year. Since the 5th, 6th and 7th grade students who took the Social Studies course were preferred in the survey, the sample of the research was chosen as convenience sampling type. In this direction, students in grades 5, 6 and 7 are required to associate the values in the Social Studies Curriculum with historical heroes. The obtained data are analyzed by descriptive analysis and divided into several categories. According to this, students in 5th, 6th and 7th grades have the highest values with Hz. Muhammad (saas) and Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. Other results of the research will be included in the full text.