@article{2012,title={PRE-SERVİCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS’ OPİNİONS ABOUT VALUES EDUCATION WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF GLOBALIZATION},abstractNode={The concept of globalization is used to describe that world has changed socially, culturally, politically and there is a need for a new world order. During the globalization, changes have been taken in cultural field as well as in many fields. The changes occurring on the culture may influence values which are the components of culture. The term of values refer to principles, fundamental convictions, ideals, standards of life stances acting as general guides to behavior or as points of reference in decision-making or the evaluation of beliefs or action and which are closely connected to personal integrity and personal identity. Pre-service elementary school teachers have an important responsibility in the global world in which values change is lived. Because, in future, pre-service elementary school teachers will educate students who are in an important period in terms of value education in Social Sciences Lesson that is the optimal lesson in which values education can be given. Therefore, pre-service elementary school teachers’ opinions about values education within the framework of globalization are important. In this context, it was aimed to investigate pre-service elementary school teachers’ opinions about values education within the framework of globalization. In this research, qualitative research method was used. Criterion sampling which is the one of purposive sampling methods was used. The criterion of this study is that participants should study in the department of elementary school teaching and have taken Social Sciences Teaching Lessons. The data of this study were gathered in April, 2012 through semi-structured interviews. Content analysis was used to analyze the data obtained from this study. According to results of this study, pre-service elementary school teachers refer the concept of globalization, as “standardization” at most. They explain the concept of value in either social or in},author={Ferat YILMAZ-Feridun MERTER},year={2012},journal={The Journal of Academic Social Science Studies}}