The analysis of Saftirik Greg's diary series in the context of values

The Analysis of Saftirik Greg's Diary Series in the Context of Values In recent years, Jeff Kinney's Diary of Saftirik Greg's diary series, which is frequently heard in the world and in our country, is among the most widely read books by secondary school students in our country too.That its being the most preferred book series by secondary school students has become the starting point of the study and its aim is to examine 13 books in the context of 10 root values which were determined in the 2018 Turkish Curriculum, whose first book was published in 2007 and the last book was published in Saftirik Greg's Diary series published in 2018. In this study where basic qualitative design was used, first of all, 10 root values which were identified in the 2018 Turkish Language Teaching Program were taken as categories and these categories were divided into codes in the light of the findings which were obtained and the findings and comments were given over these determined codes. No evidence about patriotism was found. As a result of the analysis, it was concluded that the most important value in the works is honesty, followed by helpfulness, justice, responsibility, patience, friendship, self-control, respect and love. In the light of the findings which were detected, it was concluded that the works which were examined were insufficient in terms of value transfer. Keywords: Values education, Saftirik Greg's diary, Turkish teaching