Determining Educational Needs of Families for a Value Oriented Family Education Program

Family is the foundation stone of society. Education is very important for the health of the family and therefore society. A value-oriented family education program is designed to support families. The aim of this research is to determine the basic education needs of families for a value-oriented family education program. The study group of the research consists of 205 families who enrolled in 4 kindergartens in the city center of Gümüshane in the 2020-2021 Academic Year. In the research, "Family Education Needs Assessment Form" and Personal Information Form given to families during registration were used as data collection tools. This study, which was carried out in accordance with the descriptive scanning model, was analyzed by document analysis method. Percentage and frequency distributions were used in the analysis of the data. In the research, it is important to determine which issues families attach more importance to in value-oriented family education, what they need and to create the program content accordingly. Subjects such as communication with the child, child-rearing attitudes and positive discipline methods, adjustment and behavioral problems observed in pre-school children, school-family cooperation, sexual education, teaching basic habits, books and children's books, play, preparation for primary school, television-internet and their effects on the child have been examined and it has been determined which of these the families need more in terms of family education. It is also seen that most of the families want to receive education in the morning and twice a week on weekdays. In addition, it was determined whether the educational needs of families differ according to the age of the child, the age of the mother, the age of the father, the education of the mother, the education of the father, the profession of the father, the family togetherness and the family income level.