The awareness of Turkish language teacher candidates' about the writers and poets in contemporary children's literature: 2000 and later

In this study, the awareness of Turkish teacher candidates on today's writers and poets has been researched. The main aim of this study is to maintain the awareness of Turkish teacher candidates on the writers and poets of children's literature. This study is a descriptive study in general survey model. Qualitative data have been analyzed via content analysis. This study's data have been gathered from the students of fourth grade in İzmir Dokuz Eylül University, Buca Education Faculty, Turkish Teaching department. The Publishers which regularly publish Children's Literature books since the year of 2000 have been selected among the members of Turkish Publishers' Association and the list of writers and poets have been made from these publishers. The questionnaire which was prepared by taking three experts' opinions has been addressed to the fourth grade students of Dokuz Eylül University Turkish Teaching Department and analyzed. As a result, it has been concluded that large majority of the Turkish Teacher candidates has insufficient awareness on the writers and poets of Children's Literature. Keywords: Children's Literature, Turkish Teacher Candidates, Children's Literature Writers and Poets