Analysis of texts in 5th and 6th grade Turkish language textbooks within the framework of virtue-value-action

The aim of this study is to examine the texts in the 5th and 6th grade Turkish language textbooks (1-2), prepared according to the Turkish Century Education Model, within the framework of virtue-value-action. Within this framework, the extent to which the values included under the heading of virtue-value-action in the Common Text of Curriculums, prepared according to the Education Model, are present in the texts of the 5th and 6th grade Turkish language textbooks (1-2) has been examined in detail. Thus, the values in the texts were identified, their distribution according to themes and text types was given, and their importance in terms of values education was revealed. The study was conducted according to the "basic qualitative research" design, one of the qualitative research types. The research material consists of the 5th and 6th grade Turkish language textbooks that began to be used in the 2024-2025 academic year. Data were collected through document analysis. The obtained data were analyzed using descriptive analysis, one of the data analysis types of qualitative research methods. At the end of the study, it was determined that there are a total of 60 texts in the 5th and 6th grade Turkish textbooks (30 texts in each grade level book); the most frequently mentioned value in the 5th grade Turkish textbook is love (94), and the least frequently mentioned value is frugality (2); in the 6th grade Turkish textbook, the most frequently mentioned value is aesthetics (106), and the least frequently mentioned value is patience (1). The value of privacy, which is included in the Common Text, was not found in the books of both grade levels. Accordingly, it was determined that some of these values are mentioned very frequently, while others are mentioned very rarely, and therefore, the values do not show a balanced distribution in the texts. The results obtained in the study were discussed by comparing them with the results of similar studies in the literature. Various suggestions are included at the end of the study.