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The purpose of the current study is to analyse values education activities according to primary school teachers’ opinion. In order to reveal the current situation according to views of primary school teachers, case study method was included. The interview technique was used as a data collection tool in the research. Research data were collected through structured interview forms which were prepared upon asking the opinions of experts in the field. Content analysis method was used during the course of data analysis. 25 teachers, working in schools either in Kayseri or in Nevsehir provinces of Turkey, took part in the study. As a result of the research teachers have stated that the purpose of values education is to provide personal development. They said that they mostly benefited from case studies, drama, films, pictures and stories during values education. Teachers state that the only difficulty that they meet during values education is children who are not familiar with the term. Moreover, teachers stated that values taught tacitly are mostly conveyed with learning outcomes in curriculum. At the end of the study teacherswere seen to use more than one approach, method and technique of values education. According to frequency of use, following methods were stated to be used by teachers; drama, question-answer, story-writing, watching films, idioms and proverbs, educational games, six thinking hats method, puzzles and riddles, concept maps and brainstorming. Moreover most of the teachers find “Value of Month” events insufficient. A consensus was reached on teaching values education as an “obligatory course” by teachers.

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