Teacher - Parents' Relations in the Efficiency of the Value Education

Abstract

Value education which is very effective in education field today is not only taught in the schools but also taught in the family. The aim of this study is to determine the opinions of the teachers and the parents during the process of teaching values. The research was conducted with 10 Social Studies teachers and the parents of the students in these schools in the city centre of Kirsehir in 2012-2013 education year. The data of the study was conducted by semi-structured interview form which was composed of 7 open ended questions. In the analysis of the data obtained in the study, inductive analysis, one of the content analysis types, was used. As a result, the teachers and the parents mutually tried to teach the values, the parents tried to be role models and to emphasize like the teachers and also they used the suggestopedia method which the teachers have never used. (C) 2013 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. Selection and/or peer-review under responsibility of Academic World Education and Research Center.