Özet:

The main purpose of this study is to examine the attitudes of the students attending primary, middle, and high schools towards the course of the religious culture and ethics in terms of some independent variables. The sample of the study consisted of 944 students who were chosen by random technic in various schools in Samsun. Two methods were used to gather data which might help achieve the objectives of the study: the questionnaire of personal questions and “the attitude inventory,” 20 items, towards the course mentioned. The reliability coefficients of Inventory was found 0.93 and factor 1 was found between 0.51-0.76. These coefficients were accepted as reliable and validity. The data gathered by the questionnaire and Inventory were evaluated by using “analysis of variance.” It was understood that most of the students (86 percent) had positive attitudes towards the course. In addition, it was seen that there was significant relationship between the attitudes of students towards the course and some independent variables. Some of the independent variables were as follows: the school level of students, the level of religiosity and education of parents, mother’s attitude towards her children, the situation of whether the parents were giving religious knowledge to their children or not, of the students in terms of taking religious education out of school or not, of the students of liking the books or not, of taking adequate religious knowledge or not, the level of succession on the courses, of the students of loving their teacher or not, the attitudes of teachers towards the students, and teaching methods.

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