ÇOCUK EDEBİYATI YAPITLARININ ERDEM-DEĞER-EYLEM ÇERÇEVESİ AÇISINDAN İNCELENMESİ

The aim of this study is to analyze eight children's novels suitable for middle school level that support the principles of child relativity and child reality according to the “Virtue-Value-Action Framework” and to determine their presence in the books and to reveal the function of qualified children's literature works in value education. The research was conducted with the general survey model. In accordance with the purpose of the study, “criterion sampling”, one of the purposeful sampling methods, was used to limit the population of the study. According to the criteria determined, eight children's novels selected jointly by three experts were used as data sources within the scope of the research. The data were collected through documentary screening, one of the qualitative research methods. Content analysis method was used to analyze the data obtained. The categories in the “Virtue-Value-Action Framework” determined by Ministry of National Education (2024) were used in content analysis. In the study, “sentence and paragraph” were used as the recording unit and “theme” was chosen as the context unit. According to the findings of the study, it was determined that the value of family integrity (183) was the most common value in the analyzed children's novels. This is followed by love (102), freedom (100), helpfulness (91), sensitivity (80), compassion (74), privacy (67), respect (65), friendship (62), responsibility (55), diligence (53), justice (45), patience (36), modesty (26), honesty (22), cleanliness (19), aesthetics (16), healthy life (9), thrift (7) and patriotism (4). As a result, it was determined that the children's novels examined within the scope of this study contain all 20 values specified in the Turkish Century Education Model Curriculum Common Text, and in this context, the works can be used as a literary tool for children to intuit values.