Akhism as a model in values education

This thesis aims contributing to building a particular Turkish Society Values Education Model, adapted to contemporary needs through the model framed by the support of Union of Akhism proving to be a successful model by means of its activities dating back to past and the trained qualified members equipped with diverse competences. The thesis is produced by using one of the qualitative techniques , "The Document Analysis". During the research, scientific resources such as academic works, thesis, research reports, symposium and congress reports have been studied to support the thesis. In this context, Akhism and its Values Education Model are presented diversely as an educational model. Akhism has been implemented as a never-ending process and has correspondences with the contemporary education system "lifelong learning" where the education doesn't stop at a specific level. Akhism hasn't found enough the common understanding of routinized education whose priority is only about the vocational competences considering human beings are supreme and unique creations but designed and implemented a new multi-dimensional model equipping the individuals with social and spiritual values together with professional competences. Akhism has successfully run the process to provide adaption and internalization of the desired behaviors like reasoning, observation, learning through modeling, education through communication, sampling and question and answer model, which are all equivalents of today's Values Education Model. As a result, our research has also proved that Akhism has accomplished "the role personality" through using respective methods and effective approaches, which societies intend to maintain by means of Values Education.