EKONOMİ EĞİTİMİNİN SOSYAL VE POLİTİK DEĞERLER ÜZERİNE ETKİSİ

Çok sayıda çalışma, iktisat ve işletme eğitiminin diğer disiplinlere göre insanları daha bencil yaptığını bulmuşlardır. Özellikle küresel finansal kriz, iktisat ve işletme eğitiminin sosyal ve politik değerler üzerinde olumsuz etkilerinin olduğu hakkında ciddi endişelere yol açmıştır. Bu çalışmanın amacı, iktisat ve işletme eğitiminin sosyal ve politik değer, inanç ve tutumlar üzerinde bir etkisinin olup olmadığını incelemektir. Bu çalışmada, iktisat ve işletme çalışmanın etkilerini analiz etmek için bir anket çalışması tasarlandı. Anket, Kütahya’daki Dumlupınar üniversitesindeki beş farklı bölümünde öğrenim gören 435 öğrenciye uygulanan bazı sorular içermektedir: iktisat, işletme, uygulamalı bilimler, sosyıoloji ve ilahiyat. Çalışma, sonuç olarak, ekonomi bölümleri ile diğerleri arasında bazı anlamlı farklılıklara ulaşmıştır.

THE EFFECTS OF EDUCATION OF ECONOMICS ON SOCIAL AND POLITICAL VALUES

Many studies have found that education of economics and management makes people more selfish than other disciplines. Especially, the global financial crisis has raised serious concerns about that economics and mangement studying has negative effects on social and political values. The aim of paper is to examine whether or not education of economics and management has an effect on social and political values, believes and attitudes. In the paper, it was designed a survey to analyse social and political effects of economics and management studying. The survey includes some questions with 435 students from five different departments at Dumlupınar University in Kutahya: Economics, business administratinon, applied sciences, sociology and theology. As a result, the paper has reached some significant differences between economy deparments and others.

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