Journal of Education & Social Policy

The Secondary School Students Perspectives on Values (Adana Sample from Turkey)
Prof. Dr. Asım YAPICI, Assoc. Prof. M. Oğuz KUTLU, Şadiye KORKMAZ

Abstract
The aim of this research was to present the Turkish students’ perceptions of the attitudes of values and the values difference between grades and genders. One hundred and four students from Adana (Turkey) State Secondary school in 2014-2015 academic session participated; these participants were adolescents attending the 7th and 8th grades of the school. The study group comprises of 51 female students and 53 male students Rokeach Value Survey (RVS) were administered; the RVS was adapted to Turkish in order to enhance validity and reliability of results. Chi-square test for two variables was used for the diagnosis of the students’ attitudes of values. The Chisquare test for two variables results revealed that 10 items indicated the existence of statistically significant differences between students’ genders and their attitudes of values. In addition, the results indicated the existence of statistically significant differences between the students’ grades and the attitudes of values for 2 items.

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