Okul Öncesi Öğretmeni Adaylarının Hedef Kitleye Yönelik Masal Yazma Becerileri

Preschool children are in the period of concrete procedures. In this respect, the abstract goals, behaviors and achievements that are to be taught should be concretized. In this respect, it is of great importance that the behavior change desired to be made in the student is first presented to him through a fairy tale hero. At the same time, students can see the results of possible mistakes through fairy tales. In this sense, fairy tales also serve the principle of learning by living in a stage where the imagination is used at the upper limit, especially in the preschool period. It is especially important for preschool children who are in the period of concrete procedures to give the behavior change that they want to gain in education through fairy tales. For this reason, it is important for the researchers to evaluate fairy tales writing skills and to determine the situation according to the achievement they want.This research is a screening model within the scope of quantitative research approach. Faculty of Education Preschool Education students were asked to write fairy tales to volunteers. Tales written were evaluated using Ayrancı and Karahan (2017) Written Expression Evaluation Scale. Suggestions were made according to the results obtained from the data. The research is important in terms of demonstrating the ability of pre-school teacher candidates to prepare educational materials according to the gains and target audience. The study is important in terms of identifying the deficiencies and shedding light on the issues that need to be addressed.