A REVIEW ON THE ATTITUDES OF THE ALEVI STUDENTS TOWARDS RELIGIOUS CULTURE AND MORAL KNOWLEDGE COURSE

Abstract

In this study, it is aimed to examine the attitudes of Alevi students towards the Religious Culture and Moral Knowledge (RCAMK) course in terms of various variables in four secondary schools in Bahcelievler neighborhood of corum province where Alevi citizens densely live. The sample, which was determined by the Stratified Sampling method, consists of 184 students in the 6th, 7th and 8th grades of the schools. Personal Information Questionnaire and Religious Culture and Moral Knowledge Attitude Scale were used to collect the research data. The Cronbach Alpha reliability coefficient of the 20-item Religious Culture and Moral Knowledge Attitude Scale was found to be 0.97. SPSS 16.0 package program was used to evaluate the data collected through questionnaire and scale. T-test and variance analysis were used to test the research problems. Tukey and Tamhane's T2 tests were also used for multiple comparisons. A significance level of 0.05 was taken as the basis for testing the hypotheses. According to the findings of the study, the attitudes of the students towards the RCAMK course are generally positive. In addition, a significant difference was found to be between the students' attitude levels towards RCAMK course and their gender, class levels, the level of education of the parents, the success of RCAMK course, students' opinions as to RCAMK course and RCAMK teacher, liking the teaching methods of the RCAMK course teacher, the attitude of the RCAMK course teacher towards the students, parents' attitude as to whether they wish their children to receive religious information or not. However; there is no significant difference between the income level of the family, the success of the students in other courses, the state of having religious education outside the school, and the attitude towards the course.