Özet:

In achieving the many achievements determined in the teaching programs of Turkish lessons and other courses, literary texts are used as an important tool. Specifically among the objectives of the Turkish lessons, "the development of imagination, the love and habit of reading, critical thinking, the development of art pleasure" etc. There are a lot of gains. In achieving these achievements, especially children's literature products are effective. In children’s literature products, such as narrative texts, informative texts serve the purposes of the Turkish lesson. This study aims to reveal the importance of "biography" from the kinds of informative text in children's literature and in Turkish education. The study first points to the general characteristics of the biography species, then to the place and importance of the species in child literature, and finally to the place of the species in Turkish education. The child is in the language development, the acquisition of value, mental, individual, social, etc. They have a significant contribution to development. Despite the contribution of this type in the study, it is noted that teachers do not take advantage of the type of informative text. One of the main reasons for this can be shown as the function of such texts in the development of the child is not known by teachers. In addition, the study notes that the lack of biographical samples for children and that the kind is neglected in children's literature, and that the problem should be solved first and foremost by encouraging writers to write such texts.

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