Abstract:

In this study, the value orientations of the Science High School and Anatolian/Imam Hatip High School students in Samsun have been studied. Within this scope, Schwartz Value Survey (SVS) which is valid internationally, has been conducted to 177 female and 154 male students at 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th grades to measure their value orientations in terms of gender, class, type of school and habitat. When we look at the results of the study, although there is no statistically significant difference in terms of gender among the points of the sub-dimensions such as safety, achievement, traditionalism, adaptation, universality, internal orientation, stimulation and hedonism, a statistically significant difference is seen in the power value in favour of male students and in helpfulness in favour of female students. By the school type variable, it has been identified that there is no statistically significant difference in terms of some values as power, achievement, hedonism, stimulation, universality, helpfulness and adaptation. However, it has also been identified that there is a statistically significant difference in terms of internal orientation and traditionalism values and this difference is in favour of Science High School students and Anatolian/Imam Hatip High School students respectively. By the class variable, although there is no statistically significant difference among the value scores of achievement, hedonism, stimulation, internal orientation, universality, helpfulness, traditionalism, adaptation and safety dimensions; a statistically significant difference has been identified in the value score of power sub-dimension. This difference has shown prominently in the 12th grade. By the habitat variable, though there is no statistically significant difference in terms of the value perception level points as power, stimulation, universality, traditionalism and adaptation, a difference is observed among the achievement, hedonism, helpfulness and adaptation value scores. The results obtained from our study have been analysed comparatively with the results of other studies

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