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Makale Özeti:
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The purpose of this research is to reveal the current status of studies on character and values
education, which have been published in Turkey between 2000-2016. Within the context of this
study, 272 articles that have been indexed in both The Turkish Academic Network and Information
Center (ULAKBIM) and Academia Social Science Index databases and 122 dissertations which have
been listed in Council of Higher Education were reviewed using content analysis by using
"Article/Dissertation Classification Form" based on the following grouping criteria; i.e., publication
year, author number, research design, research topic, research aim, data collection tools and data
analysis program. The results indicate that the number of master's thesis are predominantly higher
than the number of PhD dissertations and the researches done in the department of Elementary
Education ranks first. The majority of papers were published at international peer-reviewed journals
and most of them were written by either one or two authors. It is seen that studies conducted on
character and values education in Turkey date back to nearly ten years, and have been increasing in
number. It can be said that according to their aims; measuring perceptions, attitudes and opinions
which have the highest percentage and the most frequently studied research topic is character and
values education. Regarding the research methods; more than half of the research studies employed
qualitative approach, whereas the most favored research design has been the document analysis.
Thus, the most frequently used data collection tools are documents and regarding the sample groups
studied the most common subjects are course books and literary texts. The results of the analysis, in
fact, convey the message of suggestion for the researchers and academicians working in this field.
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