This paper attempts to examine briefly ideas on values education by various academics

The purpose of this paper is to share one specific section in the literature review of a doctoral dissertation. This paper aims at presenting research findings by different researchers and enabling readers to see an overview of an educational current called "citizenship education". The concept of citizenship is connected with democratic values and an ideal citizen is not only an individual who knows much about politics, but also an active person who takes a responsible role in the daily, political life of their society. Citizenship education especially takes place at schools as a policy of the state and students are encouraged and trained to take part in the societal activities of the community they live in. Citizenship education and character education are similar in many ways and citizenship education is considered as a type of character education by some me of these similarities include the reason scientists. So why they emerged, the fact that both are connected to the core values, their close relationship with moral education, common identical methods they use, and sharing some positive character traits. To conclude, these two educational currents are alike in several respects and they complement each other. It must also be mentioned that it is important to offer both educational currents to students not only for the benefit of the individuals, but also for the benefit of the whole society and the future.

The purpose of this paper is to look at thoughts on moral education in detail by educational scientists, the reason why universities need to take care of their students ' moral development, and how

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KARAKTER EĞİTİMİ: KAPSAMLI BİR ALANYAZIN İNCELEMESİ ÖzEğitimde en çok araştırılan konulardan biri karakter eğitimidir. Karakter eğitiminin, değerler eğitimi ve ahlâk eğitimi gibi bazı eğitimsel yaklaşımlarla yakın bağlantıları vardır. Bu makale, çok sayıda yayından kısaca alanyazın incelemelerini sunarak karakter ve karakter eğitimi kavramlarına doğrudan değinmektedir. Ayrıca ortak özellikleri açısından ahlâk eğitimi ile değerler eğitiminden bahsetmektedir, zira hepsi birçok bakımdan birbirine benzemektedir. Karakterimiz aslında kim olduğumuzdur ve topluma saygıdeğer ve ahlâklı bir birey yetiştirmek için, etkili karakter eğitimi almak oldukça önemlidir. Bu sebeple, karakter eğitimine maruz kalmak tüm insanlar için öncelikli olmalı ve eğitimciler karakter eğitimini ciddi olarak ele almalıdırlar. AbstractOne of the most researched topics in education has been character education. It has close links with some educational approaches such as values education and moral education. This paper simply touches on the concepts of character and character education by offering literature review shortly from many publications. It also mentions moral education and values education in terms of their common qualities as they all resemble each other in a lot of ways. One's character is who we are actually and receiving effective character education is highly significant to produce a respectable, moral member for the society. Hence, being exposed to character education must be a priority for all human beings and educators need to consider it seriously.