Value Education According to Religious Culture and Ethics Course Teachers and Compulsory RCEC Lessons (Samsun Case)

Abstract

In this study, it has been tried to bring about the approaches of teachers of Religious Culture And Ethics Courses (RCEC) to this lesson from the point of view of moral education and their opinions on 1 hour of compulsory Religious Culture And Ethics Courses in high schools and selective religion lessons. To the study, RCEC teachers working in different high schools types in the central districts of Samsun have participated. In the study, conceptual study technique of qualitative research method has been used. Half-structured meeting form as based on literature has been developed by the researcher. Data obtained, underwent content analysis as descriptive and themes have been determined. As based on the research, RCEC are also viewed as moral education. It is suggested that moral values are primarily acquired in family and that school can only develop the values if they are given in the families, that the families support RCEC and activities done under the scope of this lesson, and that reverse case is rarely experienced, that almost all RCEC teachers approve compulsory and selective RCEC lessons that both students and parents have developed positive attitudes toward selective lessons and that most of the RCEC teachers are of the opinion that the number of the ones who choose selective religion lessons will not reach the number of compulsory lessons.