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COMMUNICATING CULTURAL MEANING THROUGH CHILDREN’S LITERATURE: A REPRESENTATION-BASED ANALYSIS OF PIKTES BOOKS

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COMMUNICATING CULTURAL MEANING THROUGH CHILDREN’S LITERATURE: A REPRESENTATION-BASED ANALYSIS OF PIKTES BOOKS

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Educational materials play a central role in shaping how learners encounter culture, yet research has focused on identifying cultural content rather than examining how cultural meanings are constructed. Addressing this gap, this study investigates how cultural representations are organized and communicated through the children's books developed within the Promoting Integration of Syrian Children into the Turkish Education System (PIKTES) project. Adopting a qualitative document analysis design, the study analyzed the ten-book Salih series using a representation-based analytical framework integrating Hall's theory of representation, Byram's intercultural communicative competence, and Vygotsky's sociocultural theory. Directed content analysis, complemented by inductive thematic analysis, examined explicit and implicit patterns of cultural representation. The findings reveal that cultural meaning is constructed through interconnected representational systems rather than isolated cultural elements. Big-C culture, represented through traditions, cultural heritage, and social values, was consistently embedded within everyday routines, relationships, communication practices, and living environments characterizing small-C culture. This integration positioned culture as a lived process of social participation rather than cultural information. The study advances foreign language education by shifting the analytical focus from cultural content to cultural representation and offers a theoretically grounded framework for designing and evaluating culturally responsive materials in multilingual, refugee, and intercultural educational contexts.

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Etik Beyan

This study is of a nature that does not require ethics committee approval, and the data used were obtained through a review of the literature and other published sources. It is hereby declared that scientific and ethical principles were observed throughout the preparation of this study and that all works utilized have been indicated in the references.

Kaynakça

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Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil

İngilizce

Konular

Türkçe Eğitimi

Bölüm

Araştırma Makalesi

Yayımlanma Tarihi

28 Ekim 2026

Gönderilme Tarihi

24 Ağustos 2026

Kabul Tarihi

28 Ekim 2026

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2026 Cilt: 10 Sayı: 3

Kaynak Göster

APA
Doğan Güldenoğlu, B. N. (2026). COMMUNICATING CULTURAL MEANING THROUGH CHILDREN’S LITERATURE: A REPRESENTATION-BASED ANALYSIS OF PIKTES BOOKS. Avrasya Dil Eğitimi ve Araştırmaları Dergisi, 10(3), 56-76. https://izlik.org/JA52PT68XW
AMA
1.Doğan Güldenoğlu BN. COMMUNICATING CULTURAL MEANING THROUGH CHILDREN’S LITERATURE: A REPRESENTATION-BASED ANALYSIS OF PIKTES BOOKS. ADEA. 2026;10(3):56-76. https://izlik.org/JA52PT68XW
Chicago
Doğan Güldenoğlu, Bilge Nur. 2026. “COMMUNICATING CULTURAL MEANING THROUGH CHILDREN’S LITERATURE: A REPRESENTATION-BASED ANALYSIS OF PIKTES BOOKS”. Avrasya Dil Eğitimi ve Araştırmaları Dergisi 10 (3): 56-76. https://izlik.org/JA52PT68XW.
EndNote
Doğan Güldenoğlu BN (01 Ekim 2026) COMMUNICATING CULTURAL MEANING THROUGH CHILDREN’S LITERATURE: A REPRESENTATION-BASED ANALYSIS OF PIKTES BOOKS. Avrasya Dil Eğitimi ve Araştırmaları Dergisi 10 3 56–76.
IEEE
[1]B. N. Doğan Güldenoğlu, “COMMUNICATING CULTURAL MEANING THROUGH CHILDREN’S LITERATURE: A REPRESENTATION-BASED ANALYSIS OF PIKTES BOOKS”, ADEA, c. 10, sy 3, ss. 56–76, Eki. 2026, [çevrimiçi]. Erişim adresi: https://izlik.org/JA52PT68XW
ISNAD
Doğan Güldenoğlu, Bilge Nur. “COMMUNICATING CULTURAL MEANING THROUGH CHILDREN’S LITERATURE: A REPRESENTATION-BASED ANALYSIS OF PIKTES BOOKS”. Avrasya Dil Eğitimi ve Araştırmaları Dergisi 10/3 (01 Ekim 2026): 56-76. https://izlik.org/JA52PT68XW.
JAMA
1.Doğan Güldenoğlu BN. COMMUNICATING CULTURAL MEANING THROUGH CHILDREN’S LITERATURE: A REPRESENTATION-BASED ANALYSIS OF PIKTES BOOKS. ADEA. 2026;10:56–76.
MLA
Doğan Güldenoğlu, Bilge Nur. “COMMUNICATING CULTURAL MEANING THROUGH CHILDREN’S LITERATURE: A REPRESENTATION-BASED ANALYSIS OF PIKTES BOOKS”. Avrasya Dil Eğitimi ve Araştırmaları Dergisi, c. 10, sy 3, Ekim 2026, ss. 56-76, https://izlik.org/JA52PT68XW.
Vancouver
1.Bilge Nur Doğan Güldenoğlu. COMMUNICATING CULTURAL MEANING THROUGH CHILDREN’S LITERATURE: A REPRESENTATION-BASED ANALYSIS OF PIKTES BOOKS. ADEA [Internet]. 01 Ekim 2026;10(3):56-7. Erişim adresi: https://izlik.org/JA52PT68XW