Abstract


INVESTIGATING THE MOTIVATION EFFECT OF EMPATHY VALUE WITHIN THE FRAME OF VALUE TRAINING ON THE PRACTICING ACTIVITIES OF VISUAL ARTS COURSE OF 5TH GRADERS
This study aims to determine the empathy levels of the secondary school 5th class students related to empathy value handled within the frame of value teaching and uncover the relationship between empathic reflection levels within creativity dimension. The research was carried with 31 (14 female/17 male) secondary school students at the age of 10-11 chosen with simple random sampling in Sivas province in the 2018-2019 educational year. The data of the research were collected with the "Ka-Si Empathy Scale", " Painting Evaluation Form" and " Semi-structured Protocol Form". The data of the research were analysed with the qualitative and quantitative applying the mixed method. According to the findings of the research, the empathy and creativeness levels of the students were at a high level; however, no significant relationship was found between their drawings and empathy levels. The t-test was applied to determine the difference between the empathy establishment levels and their creativeness levels in their drawings created with establishing empathy according to gender, no meaningful difference between the girls and boys was found at the end of the test. Descriptive analysis was applied during the analysis of the qualitative data and the effect of empathy value applied within the scope of value training on their motivations was tried to find out by uncovering the situations of their positive and negative thoughts during the application of the study depending on the findings at the end of the research. According to the qualitative data of the research, in addition to the findings that the students were positively affected with the thoughts such as they felt happy during the activity, wanted to be included such a study once more, the opinions as more efficient results might emerge when the course hour was increased.

Keywords
Art training, value teaching, empathy, motivation, visual arts



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