CHILDREN’S LITERATURE AS A SOURCE OF INFORMATION: TURKISH CHILDREN’S NOVELS INTRODUCING THE OCCUPATIONS

Osman TURHAN; Bayram BAŞ

Article Details

CHILDREN’S LITERATURE AS A SOURCE OF INFORMATION: TURKISH CHILDREN’S NOVELS INTRODUCING THE OCCUPATIONS

Authors:

Osman TURHAN | Bayram BAŞ

Publisher:

Milli Eğitim Bakanlığı

Main Topics:

Sociology and anthropology

Journal:

Milli Eğitim Dergisi 2020 Vol.49 Issue 226, pp.401-431

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

5/2020

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000567654

Frequency:

Monthly

eISSN:

2791-7657

pISSN:

1302-5600

Abstract:

 

Knowing about occupations is essential in secondary school students’ career development. Children’s literature has a potential to be a resource for secondary
school students to learn about the occupations. Based on this potential, which occupations are given in detail about Turkish children’s novels, in other words
which occupations are introduced in Turkish children’s novels are examined in this study. It is designed as a holistic single-case study. Accordingly, ninety Turkish children’s novels are identified as the object of this study by using criterion sampling. Then, document review is conducted on the object using occupational
investigation and occupational classification criteria as data collection tools. The resulting data is examined with deductive and inductive content analysis. Findings show that many different occupations from various occupational fields are introduced in Turkish children’s novels. Despite the fact that almost all of the
novels examined introduce an occupation, a small number of occupations are introduced on average. Additionally, more emphasis is placed on a small occupational group. Turkish children’s novels are adequate to introduce the occupations that secondary school students wish to have in the future. However, theyare inadequate in offering occupations that will enrich their occupational world. Similarly, they are inadequate in introducing STEM occupations which include
important occupations of today and the future. There is a direct proportionaland inversely proportional relationship between the skill level and how much an
occupation is introduced, and also between the prestige level of the occupationsand how much an occupation is introduced. As a result, Turkish children’s novels function as a vocational guidance and a source of occupational information. However, this function is very limited due to abovementioned reasons.
Keywords: Children’s literature, Turkish children’s novels, occupations, occupational information source, vocational guidance.

Article Details

CHILDREN’S LITERATURE AS A SOURCE OF INFORMATION: TURKISH CHILDREN’S NOVELS INTRODUCING THE OCCUPATIONS

Authors: Osman TURHAN | Bayram BAŞ

Publisher: Milli Eğitim Bakanlığı

Main Topics: Sociology and anthropology

Journal: Milli Eğitim Dergisi 2020 Vol.49 Issue 226, pp.401-431

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 5/2020

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2000567654

Frequency: Monthly

eISSN: 2791-7657

pISSN: 1302-5600

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Authors:

Osman TURHAN | Bayram BAŞ

Publisher:

Milli Eğitim Bakanlığı

Main Topics:

Sociology and anthropology

Journal:

Milli Eğitim Dergisi 2020 Vol.49 Issue 226, pp.401-431

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

5/2020

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000567654

Frequency:

Monthly

eISSN:

2791-7657

pISSN:

1302-5600