The fairy tales, lullabies, stories and novels, which are listened during childhood,
affect not only our inner World but also our religious and ethical development.
In this research, it is questioned that, whether the 100 Basic
Works which was recommended by Ministry of Education in 2005 affect the
childern’s religious and ethical development and how these books interpret
the religious and ethical values.
In this research we tried to answer these questions briefly: how the religious
and ethical values were explained in these books chosed from the 100 Basic
Works, which of those values were placed in Religious Culture and Ethical
Knowledge educational programme? Can this literature be used in educational
of religious and ethical values? Can it be used in Religious Culture and
Ethical Knowledge lessons? How these works affect the students’ religious
and ethical education.
In this research, some religious and ethical values were pointed with, the
method of descriptive field search, then these values were interpretted. After
that, the questionaires prepared basically from these Works, were applicated
to 200 students who are at 1.class of different types of high schools. Then,
students and teachers were interviewed and the findings have been analyzed
with SPSS programs.
Consequently, it was seen that the religious and ethical values were pointed
intensely in these works. The students read then and are affected, but the
students in Religious Culture and Ethical Knowledge have some mental conflicts
because of that they see these works as literal works only. Besides that,
we need the Works which explain these values by connecting them to our
time without limitting them to a certain group of people or term, and which
take the interests and needs of students into consideration.