THE ANALYSIS OF CHARACTER EDUCATION IN THE STORIES OF TURKISH AUTHORS IN 8TH AND 9TH CLASS TURKISH COURSE BOOKS IN MACEDONIA

Abstract

Macedonia is an ethnic mosaic country; therefore, the character education varies according to the region where the child lives. Due to the fact that education is done in Macedonian, Albanian and Turkish, the character development of the student may be different. Thus, in order to protect our national and spiritual values, the character traits that will be adopted through stories are of great importance. The research covers the character education of Turkish writer stories found in the 8th and 9th grade books of the Turkish course prepared by the Education Development Office of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Macedonia. There are a total of four stories from Turkish and Macedonian authors in the eighth and ninth grade Turkish textbooks. These are: ’Yüzünü Kaybeden Adam’ Avni Abdullah, ‘Salıncak’ Necati Zekeriya; ‘Hasta Olmanın Zamanı İçindesin’ Recep Bugariç and ‘Köye Çeşme Yapalım’ Fahri Kaya stories are evaluated.

Keywords: education; character Macedonia; story.