Abstract:

Acquiring value through reading from literary works has an important place in value education practices. In this study, the novel Sakız Sardunya, which is the only work of Elif Şafak in the field of children's literature, was read in the context of values ​​education and the values ​​in the novel were examined according to Bacanlı's classification. The study is one of the qualitative research methods, in scanning model. The data were obtained using the document analysis technique, and the data obtained were interpreted using descriptive analysis. Values ​​Related to Oneself determined in the novel Sakız Sardunya; The value of imagination and desire for discovery, the value of learning curiosity, the value of being hopeful, the value of freedom, the value of success and determination, the value of truthfulness and honesty, and the value of self-confidence. Values ​​Related to Person's Relationships; There are four of them: love value, respect and kindness, responsibility and kindness. The value of love; love for animals, love for family, love for books. Values ​​Related to the Society We Live In; hospitality and cleanliness. Nature and Universe-related Values ​​are one, namely love of nature. The most important values ​​in the work were the Values ​​About the Person's Self. In her work, Elif Şafak has conveyed her messages that can be entered into value education, sometimes through direct advice and sometimes through events or dialogues that have happened to the heroes, in an explicit or implicit way. It can be said that many values ​​that are also included in the curriculum and that need to be acquired by students are conveyed through an idealized sample child profile.

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