Examination of core values in the middle and high school mathematics textbooks

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2023-9-6

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Aydın Malkoç, Şeyma

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The aim of this study was to examine the depth of ten core values (justice, friendship, honesty, self-control, patience, respect, love, responsibility, patriotism, and helpfulness) in middle and high school mathematics textbooks. The data sources were 5th-12th grade mathematics textbooks published by the Ministry of National Education in 2022. In the study, the case study was used as a qualitative research method. The method of document analysis was used to analyze data. The results of the study showed that the percentages of content containing core values in the 5th-8th grade mathematics textbooks were 12.22%, 8.43%, 6.45%, and 4.95%, respectively. The most mentioned value was patriotism, and the least mentioned value was honesty. The most addressed value was in “Numbers and Operations”, and the least in “Probability” and “Algebra” learning areas. The most value was included in the Explore section and the least in the End-of-the-chapter questions section. The values were mostly at the 0th level, and there was no value at the 5th level. The percentages of content containing core values in the 9th-12th grade mathematics textbooks were 4.71%, 3.75%, 3.69%, and 1.64%, respectively. The most mentioned value was patriotism, and the least mentioned value was patience. The most addressed value was in “Numbers and Algebra”, and the least in “Data, Counting and Probability” learning areas. The most value was included in the Explore section and the least in the Launch section. The values were mostly at the 0th level, and there was no value at the 5th level.

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Core values, Values education, Mathematics textbook, Mathematics curriculum

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/105442

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Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Thesis