DINAMIKA ILMU - Vol. 20 No. 2 - 2020 - Trends of Values Education Research in Turkey: A Content Analysis of Published Articles

Oct 15, 2026

Recent years have seen a major rise in values education research in Turkey, prompting the need to review published articles beyond theses, dissertations, and proceedings. Qualitative research datasets were compiled through document analysis, yielding 479 eligible articles after removing duplicates and excluding non-refereed journal publications. Content analysis identified publication peaks, dominant methods, sampling preferences, author and institutional patterns, and language trends, including the frequent use of domestic sources and Turkish without English extended summaries.

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DINAMIKA ILMU Vol. 20 No. 2, 2020 P-ISSN: 1411-3031; E-ISSN: 2442-9651 doi: [http://doi.org/10.21093/di.v20i2.2550](http://doi.org/10.21093/di.v20i2.2550) Trends of Values Education Research in Turkey: A Content Analysis of Published Articles TahaYazar Dicle University, Turkey e-mail: [taha.yazar@dicle.edu.tr](taha.yazar@dicle.edu.tr) Özgür Tutal Ministry of National Education, Turkey [e-mail: ozgurtutal@windowslive.com](e-mail: ozgurtutal@windowslive.com) Abstract In recent years there has been a large increase in the number of research that deal with values education in Turkey. There are several reviews to determine the trends of these studies. However, these reviews were mostly limited to theses, dissertations and proceedings, and it is necessary to review articles on values education. The data of the research conducted with the qualitative research method was gathered by document analysis. 479 articles were included in the research after duplicates and the articles published in non-refereed journals were removed. Content analysis was used to analyze the obtained data. According to the findings of the research; (a) the highest number of articles were published in 2017,(b) qualitative research methods were the most common research methods, (c) most frequently document analysis was preferred as the data collection tool, and content analysis was preferred as the analysis method,(d) data were collected from pre-service teachers the most and purposeful sampling was the most favored sampling method, (e) the sample size is mostly less than 50, (f) mostly the answer to a single research question was sought,(g) the majority of articles were written by two authors, (h) most articles were written by assistant professors as titles and by teachers of the Ministry of National Education on an institutional basis, (i) the articles mostly used domestic sources (j) the majority of the articles were written in Turkish and had not an English extended summary, (k) the most favored journal was The Journal of Values Education. Keywords: research trends, values education, values instruction, Turkey *This article is an extended and updated version of the paper presented at the Third Cyprus International Congress of Education Research, Famagusta, North Cyprus, December 2017. A. Introduction History has shown us that since the existence of humanity, morality and moral values should be possessed and individuals should be endowed with moral values regardless of their ideas and opinions (Işık, 2016) . The primary aim of education is also to improve people in terms of both knowledge and behavior, to regulate the individual's behavior, to ensure that their words and behaviors comply with the etiquette and moral rules (Yaman, 2002) . Nowadays, value education is a topic discussed in almost all developed countries. Although there are different views on values, it can be said there is an increasing awareness of the need for values education that pervades social life in civilized societies, and almost all societies believe that values should be imparted to the next generations (Ashton & Watson, 1998; Metin & Yılmazer, 2019) . Value or character education has emerged in the USA at the beginning of the 20 th century and has shown its influence in many countries (Metindoğan, 2018) . The publication of studies in the field of values education coincides with the 1970s. Names such as Rokeach, Simon, How, Raths, Harmin, Kirschenbaum, Kohlberg came to the fore in the studies conducted on the subject. By the 1990s, however, individual values of orientation rather than social and moral values had gained popularity. The social problems experienced in the following period brought values and moral education back to the agenda. Families, educators and community leaders have begun to re-emphasize moral and values education in schools in the face of the problems (Kirschenbaum, 1992, 2000; Veugelers & Vedder, 2003) . In Turkey, it can be sa

FAQs

What was the study’s primary goal in analyzing values education research in Turkey?

To identify trends in values education research by reviewing published articles, not only theses and proceedings.

How were the research articles selected and what method was used to analyze them?

479 articles were included after deduplication and removing papers from non-refereed journals; document analysis gathered qualitative data and content analysis was used to analyze it.

Which research approaches and data collection tools were most common?

Qualitative research methods were most common, document analysis was the most frequently preferred data collection tool, and content analysis was the preferred analysis method.

Oct 15, 2026

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