Research Article / Araştırma Makalesi Cite as / Atıf: Diktaş, A. & Kenan, B. (2020). Değer eğitimi dersinin sosyal bilgiler öğretmen adaylarına kazandırdıkları. Turkish Studies - Education, 15(5), 3261-3275. https://dx.doi.org/10.47423/TurkishStudies.44473 Received/Geliş: 23 June/Haziran 2020 Checked by plagiarism software Accepted/Kabul: 26 October/Ekim 2020 Published/Yayın: 27 October/Ekim 2020 Copyright © INTAC LTD, Turkey CC BY-NC 4.0 Değer Eğitimi Dersinin Sosyal Bilgiler Öğretmen Adaylarına Kazandırdıkları Contrubition of Values Education to Pre-Service Teacher of Social Studies Abdulkerim Diktaş * - Kenan Baş ** Abstract: The concept of value is used to express good, fine, true, desired feelings, thoughts, and behaviors by society. The concept of value is also frequently included in the ethical and moral issues of philosophy. The concept of value, in which philosophical debates about what happens to continue, has been incorporated into educational programs to ensure the continuity of local cultures and universally accepted forms of behavior that are threatened with globalization. Value education is carried out by the teachers in our country as in the whole world. In this study, social studies pre-service teachers, who will carry out value education within the scope of social studies course after being included in the national education system, took the value education course as an elective course during a semester. Then, their value worlds are examined. The case study, which was one of the qualitative research patterns were implemented in this study. The study conducted with a total of 21 participants and it was interpreted by content analysis after the data were collected by interview method. As a result, it was concluded that the value education course creates a value awareness on social studies pre-service teachers, contributes positively to their value worlds, and lastly that the value education course should be taught as a mandatory course. Structured Abstract: Values are the feelings and thoughts and behavioral forms that are described as the best, the most correct and the most reasonable by the majority of the society. In this case, it is not the individual's personal desires and wishes that are valuable, but the emotions, thoughts and behaviors that society accepts, which are good and beneficial for everyone. It takes a long time for these feelings, thoughts and behaviors to set a standard. So the values can be defined as the whole of the standards that the society has reached consensus and formed over a long period of time (Aktepe, 2010). When looking at the values of Turkish society from this perspective of definition, it can be easily seen that all the emerging standards are a reflection of thousands of years of Turkish and Islamic culture. All human communities want to raise individuals who know their own values, recognize them, reflect them on their lives and transfer these values to future generations. Thanks to the value education, individuals learn to integrate with their societies, to socialize in the society and to have a sense of belonging to the cultural geography they live in (Turan & Ulusoy, 2016). The ability of the individual to take a place in social life and to reflect the values of the society to their behavior is directly proportional. The more integrated person is with the values of the society, the easier it is to gain a respectable position in the * Dr., Uşak Üniversitesi, Eğitim Fakültesi, Türkçe ve Sosyal Bilimler Eğitimi Bölümü PhD, Usak University Faculty of Education, Department of Turkish and Social Sciences Education 0000-0002-5803-5586 abdulkerim.diktas@usak.edu.tr ** Dr., Ağrı İbrahim Çeçen Üniversitesi, Patnos Sosyal Hizmetler Yüksekokulu, Sosyal Hizmetler Bölümü PhD, Agri İbrahim Cecen University Patnos School of Social Services, Department of Social Services 0000-0003-4253-2323 kenanbas2301@gmail.com