Examining the values in life science curriculum in terms of “consistency”
We gain the values that guide human being’s lifelong behaviors during our social life from our family, peer groups, educational institutions, media, and so on. Those values also form our evaluation criteria. Considering that skills learned during childhood become permanent, values that are taught to students must be in integrity, consistency and be in a form that does not make any conflict for student. Handling the issue in this context, the values included in Life Science Course Curriculum (LSCC) have to be examined in terms of consistency. This study aims to find out consistency in values included in LSCC distributed according to the classes and themes, whether there are conflicting values, and also comparing values according to the individuality and sociality. In this study, document analyses method has been used. Primarily, the values included in LSCC have been determined. Distributions of values according to the classes and themes, presence of attribute of individuality or sociality, and consistency of values have been examined. Based on analyzing the collected data, the researcher has come to the conclusion that “patriotism” is the most emphasized value and it is available in each class and theme. Additionally, love, tolerance, respect and justice are the most repeated values. Truthfulness, honesty and peace are the least repeated values in all classes.
Keywords:
Life Science, Values Consistency,
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- ISSN: 2148-6123
- Yayın Aralığı: Yılda 6 Sayı
- Başlangıç: 2014
- Yayıncı: Özgen KORKMAZ