Çocuk Romanlarının Demokratik Kültür Bilinci Edinimine Etkisi (Burdur İli Örneği)
The Effect of Children’s Novels on Acqusition of Democratic Culture Awareness (The Sample of the City Burdur)

Summary/Abstract: This study aimed to investigate the effect of learning conditions which were created on the basis of children’s novels at 2nd grade of secondary education on acquisition of democratic culture awareness. In the study which was carried out at Turkiye Odalar ve Borsalar Birligi (TOBB) Secondary School which is in the centre of Burdur, experimental design was used. A scale developed by the researcher was applied to the participants. The internal consistency reliability coefficient of the scale was found 0.87. It is seen that the factor loads of the scale change between 0.43 and 0.83. The scale consisted of 10 dimensions and 52 items. Dependent and independent samples t tests were used for the analyses. In order to create learning conditions, 3 native 3 foreign children’s novels were selected by field experts. The learning conditions created on the basis of these novels were implemented to the experimental group for 12 weeks of period. According to the findings of the study, there were not any significant differences between the experimental and control groups in terms of acquisition of democratic cultural awareness. However, a significant difference was found between male and female students in the experimental and control groups in favor of male students regarding acquisitions of democratic culture awareness.

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