Abstract:

The aim of this study is to determine the views of pre-school teachers on the education of values in pre-school education. In the research, quality research patterns have been used to study the situation. The research work group consists of 48 pre-school teachers working in the official schools in the 2018-2019 academic year in the province of Elazığ. A semi-configured conversation form developed by the researcher as a data collection tool has been used. The data obtained from the interviews were analyzed and interpreted using content analysis. At the end of the study, they pointed out that teachers pay great importance to value education in the pre-school period and that this education will contribute to the individual and society. However, teachers pointed out that they were not difficult to gain values such as love, responsibility, but they were difficult to gain values such as patience, respect. At the same time, they have expressed that they have done various activities, such as drama, story, in order to improve the value training process. They argue that value education should be more effective in family participation studies and that it will be useful for families to give seminars on value education.

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