The assessment of the desired behaviours directed to children in Yücel Feyzioğlu's the fairy tales of Turkish world

The aim of this research is to identify to what extend do fairy tales consist of the desired behaviors which are very significant for children's development in various fields. In order to do that 11 fairy tale books which were written by Yücel Feyzioğlu were examined. Those books are; Dimitraş ile Pıtıraş, Aldar Köse, Alp ile Asamat Köprüsü, Yartı Kulak, Keloğlan ile Kahkaha Hanım, Cırttan ile Çilbik, Murkumama ile Çomotay, Pürüş Batur ile Aksıla, Er Tapıldı, Serçe Koyun Avlarkene, İristu ile Akkağan. The study is design as qualitative research method and documantary review is conducted. The population of study is fairy tales books since the importance of fairy tales in students' moral education is examined. In this research, for the data analysis content analysis is employed. In the fairy tales; ethical, psychological, social, financial and other messages are examined. Findings revealed that the fairy tales of Yücel Feyzioğlu are suitable for giving especially pshcological and ethical massages.