Research Article

Are lllustrations and Texts in Picture Storybooks Innocent? - Natural Environment Messages Transmitted

Volume: 6 Number: 3 October 30, 2017
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Are lllustrations and Texts in Picture Storybooks Innocent? - Natural Environment Messages Transmitted

Abstract

This study critically examines the natural environment messages given in the picture storybooks and it’s primarily focused on the messages given through the illustrations and the texts of the books written for preschool children. In this qualitative study where natural environment messages in the illustrations and texts were examined, case study was used. The data was collected the data by document review and examined by content analysis with the help of 3 forms, developed by the researchers.For this purpose, at the beginning of the study, books in the Children’s Library located in a leading university in a capital city in Europe were scanned. After the copies were eliminated, the remaining books were evaluated, first, whether they were directly related with natural environment, and second, whether they had living organism - natural environment interaction. As a result, a total of 58 books were analyzed by the researchers. Before analyzing the data, researchers did the reliability and validity studies. At the end of the data analysis, it was found out that the writers and the illustrators were mostly giving positive natural environment messages to young readers but in a few books, maybe unconsciously, they gave negative natural environment messages to children. Accordingly, both kinds of these environmental messages were explained thoroughly and by these messages, examples of positive/negative environmental perceptions which might occur in children were given. Recommendations were given to the writers, illustrators, publishers of the picture storybooks, preschool teachers and preschool teacher candidates who are using these picture books and researchers working in the field of preschool education. 

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Details

Primary Language

English

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Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

October 30, 2017

Submission Date

May 4, 2017

Acceptance Date

August 9, 2017

Published in Issue

Year 2017 Volume: 6 Number: 3

APA
Çabuk, B., Baş, T., & Teke, N. (2017). Are lllustrations and Texts in Picture Storybooks Innocent? - Natural Environment Messages Transmitted. Bartın University Journal of Faculty of Education, 6(3), 984-1016. https://doi.org/10.14686/buefad.310561
AMA
1.Çabuk B, Baş T, Teke N. Are lllustrations and Texts in Picture Storybooks Innocent? - Natural Environment Messages Transmitted. BUEFAD. 2017;6(3):984-1016. doi:10.14686/buefad.310561
Chicago
Çabuk, Burcu, Tuğba Baş, and Nergiz Teke. 2017. “Are Lllustrations and Texts in Picture Storybooks Innocent? - Natural Environment Messages Transmitted”. Bartın University Journal of Faculty of Education 6 (3): 984-1016. https://doi.org/10.14686/buefad.310561.
EndNote
Çabuk B, Baş T, Teke N (October 1, 2017) Are lllustrations and Texts in Picture Storybooks Innocent? - Natural Environment Messages Transmitted. Bartın University Journal of Faculty of Education 6 3 984–1016.
IEEE
[1]B. Çabuk, T. Baş, and N. Teke, “Are lllustrations and Texts in Picture Storybooks Innocent? - Natural Environment Messages Transmitted”, BUEFAD, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 984–1016, Oct. 2017, doi: 10.14686/buefad.310561.
ISNAD
Çabuk, Burcu - Baş, Tuğba - Teke, Nergiz. “Are Lllustrations and Texts in Picture Storybooks Innocent? - Natural Environment Messages Transmitted”. Bartın University Journal of Faculty of Education 6/3 (October 1, 2017): 984-1016. https://doi.org/10.14686/buefad.310561.
JAMA
1.Çabuk B, Baş T, Teke N. Are lllustrations and Texts in Picture Storybooks Innocent? - Natural Environment Messages Transmitted. BUEFAD. 2017;6:984–1016.
MLA
Çabuk, Burcu, et al. “Are Lllustrations and Texts in Picture Storybooks Innocent? - Natural Environment Messages Transmitted”. Bartın University Journal of Faculty of Education, vol. 6, no. 3, Oct. 2017, pp. 984-1016, doi:10.14686/buefad.310561.
Vancouver
1.Burcu Çabuk, Tuğba Baş, Nergiz Teke. Are lllustrations and Texts in Picture Storybooks Innocent? - Natural Environment Messages Transmitted. BUEFAD. 2017 Oct. 1;6(3):984-1016. doi:10.14686/buefad.310561

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