The effect of cultural and spatial characteristic on studentsˈ value formation in social studies education

The aim of this research is to determine the effect of the province they live in, their gender, the school they attend, the educational status of their parents and their professions on the levels of value acquisition of patriotism, tolerance, sensitivity to historical heritage, solidarity, sensitivity to the natural environment, benevolence, hard work, hospitality, fairness which are included in the social studies curriculum of fifth grade students. Accordingly, the results obtained were compared and evaluated on a provincial basis. The research was conducted with the survey model, which is a quantitative research method. The data collection tool used in the research consists of two parts. In the first part, there is a personal information form that includes the variables of the province where the students live, gender, school they attend, father's education level, father's profession, mother's education level and mother's profession. In the second part, there is the Values Education Scale developed by Keskin (2008). The study group of the research consists of 500 randomly selected students studying in three secondary schools in the city center of Ağrı and three secondary schools in the city center of Burdur in 2019-2020. The personal information form and scale used in the research were applied to the students, and the data obtained were organized and analyzed with the SPSS 26.0 Statistics Package program. As a result of the analysis, there was a difference in favor of female students in terms of gender variable in the practice conducted in both provinces. When evaluated according to the variable of the school they attend, schools located in Burdur city center have higher levels of value acquisition compared to schools located in Ağrı city center. According to the variable of father's educational status, while the levels of value acquisition of students living in Ağrı increase as their father's educational status increases, the levels of value acquisition of the students living in Burdur do not show a significant difference. According to the mother's educational status variable, as the mother's educational status of the students living in Ağrı increases, the levels of value acquisition of sensitivity to historical heritage and industriousness increases, while there is no difference in the levels of value acquisition of the students living in Burdur. According to the father's profession variable, the students living in Ağrı differ in their levels of value acquisition of benevolence, solidarity, hospitality, fairness, hard work, sensitivity to the natural environment, responsibility and patriotism while the students living in Burdur differ in their levels of value acquisition of solidarity, sensitivity to historical heritage, fairness. According to the mother's profession variable, while students living in Ağrı differ in the levels of value acquisiton of solidarity, fairness, sensitivity to the natural environment, responsibility and patriotism, students living in Burdur do not differ in their levels of value acquisiton. Between the provinces of Ağrı and Burdur, which were compared, it was seen that students' levels of value acquisition revealed a significant difference on the values included in the study in terms of all variables.