Bu çalışma okul öncesi dönem çocuklarına yönelik bir değerler eğitim programı

This study was carried out to examine ‘the effect of the Pre-School Values EducationProgram for children who are five to six years and are attending to preschool on thevalue of respect, responsibility, honesty, cooperation, sharing and friendship. Participantsof the study consist of children aged five and six who continue to state school located inthe district of Yıldırım, Bursa. The research was conducted with a total of 43 children,22 in the control group and 21 in the experimental group. This program, which is implementedtwo days a week, consists of 24 sessions. In this study, an unselected pattern withpretest - posttest control group was applied. In order to determine the permanency of thetraining, the children who were in the experimental group were re-applied the scales fourweeks after the training program was completed. As a result of this study, it was foundthat the children in the experimental group who had received the Pre-School Values Programshowed significant increases (p <.01) in value gains compared to pre-test-post-testchild form data. According to these results, education programs supporting children’svalues of respect, cooperation, friendship, honesty, sharing and responsibility were seento positively affect children’s value acquisition.