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This course will explain the history of Children's and Youth Literature; Persons, institutions, and associations are working in this field will introduce scientific publications and awards. We will give information about children's newspapers and magazines published in Turkey from the Tanzimat to the present. We will discuss the concept of "child" from an educational, scientific, and psychological point of view; the conditions that ensure that product is suitable for the target audience in terms of technique and content will be explained; we will evaluate sample texts in this respect. Students will prepare an assignment to assess a work they have chosen from World or Turkish literature. Thus they will have the opportunity to develop their critical thinking, reading, and article writing skills throughout the semester. In addition, we will present these assignments in class. Thus, students will have the opportunity to think and discuss many works, and they will strengthen their verbal communication skills by exchanging ideas about different products. |