Abstract:

Values are the criterions that, internalized by the great deal of the society that they are formed in over a long period of time, and play a major role in formation of individuals' wishes, aims, and needs. Values are the standards that add meaning and attach importance to society; and people always maintain their life in relations shaped according to these values. These relations are beliefs, values, tendencies, rules and in general economical and moral relations. Values are lived by the majority of the society at first. But in time, because of having characteristics that obtain happiness for individuals, social, moral, and religious values integrated with the customs, traditions, national and universal values; and begun to used as “national and sentimental values”. In adolescence period changes in human life occur intensively. If it is though that the most important feature of this period is identity development, it should be accepted that curriculums and text books of Turkish literature have important duties on preserving national and sentimental values in this period. The aim of this study is to determine whether the Turkish literature curriculums and text books with regard to preserving national and sentimental values fulfill their duty or not. In accordance with this purpose, the goals and attainments (9, 10, 11, 12) in Turkish literature curriculums are analyzed by considering national and sentimental values in Turkish literature textbooks (9, 10, 11, 12). Research data is analyzed with document analysis which is one of the qualitative research methods. Texts in Turkish literature textbooks are individually analyzed and the findings obtained, tabled with references. Exact citations were used from the analyzed texts and the texts were presented as interpreted.

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