Görsel Sanatlarda Değerler Eğitimi: Farklılıklara Saygı Temelli Görsel Sanatlar Etkinliklerinin Etkililiği Üzerine Ampirik Bir Araştırma

Abstract

This research aims to examine the effect of respect for difference-based visual arts activities on the sixth grade middle school students' attitudes towards respect for differences and emphasizes the importance of including activities that can improve students' attitudes towards respecting differences in visual arts teaching. In the research, pretest-posttest randomized experimental design, which is one of the quantitative research models, was used. Respect for Differences Scale which is developed by the researcher was firstly applied to experimental and control groups as a pre-test. Eight visual arts activities to develop their levels of respect for differences was applied to experimental group and the Visual Arts Education Program was applied to the control group. At the end of the experimental period Respect for Differences Scale (RFDS) was applied to the experimental and control groups as a posttest. The data were analyzed using the non-parametric Mann-Whitney U and Wilcoxon tests via SPSS program. As a result of the analyses, it was understood that the experimental and control groups were equivalent before the implementation. While there was a significant difference in favor of the post-test between the scores of the experimental group before and after the program applied, in the 3 sub-dimensions and the whole scale; There was no significant difference between the scores of the control group in all sub-dimensions and the whole scale. In addition, there was a significant difference in favor of the experimental group between the scores of the experimental and control groups in all three sub-dimensions and the entire scale after the program. According to these results, it was observed that the visual arts activities based on respect for differences significantly improved the children's attitudes towards respect for differences.