Survey of basic values in high school education 9th grade Turkish literature lesson books

In this study; basic values of 9th grade Turkish literature lesson books which were prepared according to Turkish Literature Teaching Program and accepted with the decison of Ministry of National Education, Instruction and Manners Council in 2005 were determined. In the first part of the research; aim of the research according to the situation of the problem, its importance, limitedness, assumptions and determinations were designated and some relevant researches were mentioned. Besides, value conception on theoretical base, its definition, features, classification, functions and education; value transmission with texts in Turkish Language and Literature Education; the place of the values in Turkish National Education Curriculum were indicated.?General Survey Model? which is one of the figurative research methods was used in this research. Turkish Literature 9th grade lesson book arranged according to Turkish Literature Cirriculum constitues total field under survey of the research and three other books constitures the research?s paradigm because of their suitability to the overall objectives of Turkish Literature and matter of choosing text. After, basic values processing in lesson books were determined according to the ?Value Investigation Form?, a general omment was created as determining from these three books one by one. As well as the whole texts given in these books text parts were also predicated during value determination After the gathered datas were classified in quality, quantity analysis were done by using SPSS 18.0 program.Eventually, it has been detected that love value is in the first place in 9th Grade Turkish Literature lesson books. It is followed by respectively the values of esthetic, sensitivity, patriotism, studiousness and devotion. The least stated values are hospitality, taking care of being healthy and being fair.Keywords: Basic values, literature education, teaching of value, lesson book.