Investigation of Social Studies Teacher Candidates' Multi-Dimensional Social Values Levels in Terms of Several Variables

Abstract

There is a need for the existence of individuals who have adopted social values to overcome theproblems of the 21st century. Therefore, the transfer of these values through the courses hasbecome important in schools. Social Studies course is an important lesson in gaining socialvalues due to its content. Considering the role of this course in the values education, it isimportant to determine the level of social values of the teacher candidates who will transfer thecourse. In this context, it is aimed to investigate the multidimensional social values of SocialStudies teacher candidates in terms of various variables. The research is in a descriptive surveymodel. The study group of the research consists of Social Studies teacher candidates who arestudying a public university in the spring semester of the academic year 2017-2018. The datawere gathered by using a multidimensional social values scale. The data were analyzed usingSPSS 22. In the study, there was a significant difference between the social values of the preservice teachers according to the gender variable in the dimension of religious values in favor offemale students. The social values of teacher candidates did not show a significant differenceaccording to the grade level, age, family income, mother education level, father's level ofeducation, number of siblings and place of residence.