Abstract:

The "root values" (justice, friendship, honesty, self-control, patience, respect, love, responsibility, patriotism, benevolence) stated in the content of the curriculum of the Life Science Teaching Program (1st, 2nd and 3rd grade) achievements renewed in 2018 in this research in terms of examination. For this purpose, it has been tried to determine how and at what level “root values” take place in the Life Science Curriculum acquisitions and how they are distributed within the curriculum units. In the research, document analysis method analytical research design was used. The document of the research is the Life Science Education Program on the website of the Board of Education. The data collection tool of the research is 10 “root values” specified in the Life Science Teaching Program. It has been determined how the root values associated with the Life Science Curriculum achievements show distribution at the level of classes and themes. In this study, it was determined that the values most associated with the Life Science Curriculum achievements were “Responsibility and Patriotism” and the least associated values were “Justice, friendship and honesty”. It is also concluded that the root values are not distributed evenly within the Life Science Teaching Program units. In line with the results of the research, it can be suggested that the values of justice, friendship and respect can be increased in the Life Science Teaching Program.

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