Abstract:

This research was carried out in order to determine the expressions that support the development of conscience in the picture story and tale books of the pre-school period and to what extent these expressions are included. The sample of the research was selected from preschool picture story and tale books, published in 2009-2020, with a prefix: 155 books with character or values education on the cover. Content analysis method was used in the research. Each book was carefully read twice by the researcher and the expressions thought to support the development of conscience were recorded in the form prepared by the researcher.The statement shave been found in 91 books: they have never been found in 64 books. 23 different expressions that were thought to support the development of conscience were recorded. Among these expressions the most common three expression in books is; “helping people in a difficult situation- helping people in need of help”, “understanding the mistake”, “pitying others-pity-compassion”. The rate of the number of pages encountered with these expressions to the total number of pages examined was found to be % 11,55. This rate and the number of books with each statement were found to be quite low. Including these expressions that support the development of conscience in children’s book, which cannot be denied in children’s education, will contribute to the child’s internalization of these expressions and to expand and deepen his own conscience system.

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