Abstract:

Story is a genre that children came across at an early age and get a maximum benefit. For this reason, stories are main course meterials in Turkish lessons. Being one of the most well-known writers of this genre, Ömer Seyfettin wrote stories that give children the habit of reading pleasure. His stories are admitted in terms of theme and language-style by the readers of all ages. In this study, the works of Ömer Seyfettin are examined in terms of children and educational themes in order to determine educational elements. This research is a qualitative study used textuary technique based on literature survey. The stories which themes are child and education, of all of his stories, are included in the sample of search. According to this research, school descriptions are encountered and information about education-training atmosphere of this period are found in his stories. It is concluded that this works included educational and experiencal elements richly, most of his stories are accepted as subsidiary sources to the teachers for materials of teaching and children get positive habits and attitudes by using to take advantage of Ömer Seyfettin’s stories.

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