INVESTIGATION OF RESILIENCE WITHIN EARLY CHILDHOOD LITERATURE

Year 2022, Issue: 64, 242 - 273, 28.10.2022

Zülfiye Güzin Arslan , Haktan Demircioğlu

https://doi.org/10.21764/maeuefd.1071975

Abstract

This study aims to determine the factors that risk or support resilience within preschool picture books that are in the libraries of preschool institutions settled in the socioeconomically risky areas. At first, for the research, three schools placed in districts with low socio- economic status in Ankara were chosen accordingly the “Ankara Statistical Report of 2011”. Within these schools, 204 children’s picture books were examined with the help of ‘The Checklist of Analyzing Resilience in Preschool Picture Books’ prepared by researchers. Resiliency indicators were recorded as positive/ negative/ not encountered in the checklist. When the results were checked, it was seen that analyzed children’s picture books are insufficient in supporting many of the dimensions of resilience after all, contain the factors triggering risk within themselves. Besides, it was stated that the samples which have the features of strengthening resilience are a considerable amount. Considering all this information, suggestions for serving for future studies and for educators towards criteria for choosing books were presented.

Keywords

Children-at-risk, children’s picture books, early childhood literature, preschool period, resilience

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Thanks

We are thankful to the preschool managers and teachers who had accepted us to their schools for our study.

ERKEN ÇOCUKLUK EDEBİYATINDA PSİKOLOJİK SAĞLAMLIĞIN İNCELENMESİ

Abstract

Bu çalışma, sosyoekonomik açıdan riskli bölgelerde yer alan okul öncesi kurumların kütüphanelerinde bulunan okul öncesi resimli çocuk kitaplarında psikolojik sağlamlığı riske atan veya destekleyen faktörleri belirlemeyi amaçlamaktadır. Araştırma için öncelikle “2011 Ankara İstatistik Raporu”na göre Ankara’da yer alan sosyo-ekonomik düzeyi düşük ilçelerde bulunan üç okul seçilmiştir. Bu okullarda 204 resimli çocuk kitabı, araştırmacılar tarafından hazırlanan “Resimli Çocuk Kitaplarında Psikolojik Sağlamlığı İnceleme Kontrol Listesi” yardımı ile incelenmiştir. Dayanıklılık göstergeleri olumlu /olumsuz/ karşılaşılmadı olarak kontrol listesine kaydedilmiştir. Sonuçlara bakıldığında, incelenen resimli çocuk kitaplarının psikolojik sağlamlığın birçok boyutunu desteklemekte yetersiz kaldığı, riski tetikleyen faktörleri kendi içinde barındırdığı görülmüştür. Diğer yandan, psikolojik sağlamlığı destekleyici özelliklere sahip örneklerin de azımsanmayacak sayıda olduğu görülmüştür. Tüm bu bilgiler göz önünde bulundurularak, ileride yapılacak çalışmalara ve eğitimcilere kitap seçimi kriterlerine hizmet edecek öneriler sunulmuştur.

Keywords

risk altındaki çocuklar, resimli çocuk kitapları, erken çocukluk debiyatı, okul öncesi dönem, psikolojik sağlamlık

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