An Analysis of the Studies on “The Values in Children’s Literature Products” in Turkey

Abstract

It is seen that the number of studies dealing with the values in children‟s literary products has been increased. Although there are many reviews on the studies concerning with value education, these reviews do not provide some significant details about these studies. This study has provided a content analysis of the studies on the values in children‟s literature. In order to achieve this aim a total of 136 studies carried out in the period between 2007-2020 were analyzed. Of these studies 44 were articles and 92 were theses. The data were first collected through the “form of publication classification on the values in children's literature works”. It has been found that the values in children's literature works are mostly analyzed in master‟s thesis. Within these studies the most frequently analyzed literary genre has also been found to be stories. In the master‟s thesis there are analyses on a single work or on multiple works. It has been also found that the literary works analyzed are mostly by Turkish authors. The values covered in children's literature works have been analyzed taking into consideration the Turkish courses educational programs and core values list. It has been found that the most frequent values covered in children's literature works affection truthfulness, honesty, helpfulness.