This study was designed for learning the patterns of utilization of the children's sections of public libraries and understanding the functions and social elements that library users find in or bring to these sections. The study was designed as a qualitative case study for examining three public libraries (Erzincan, Essen & Niğde). Data were collected using semi-structured interviews with 72 children and 43 adults in 3 weeks of observation period. Findings for each of three libraries are given under the headings of quality of spaces for children, social climate, and overall picture of activities for children as the "within-case". As to the "across-case" are reached the themes; preschool children, a place like a bookstore, a place like a playground, and reading as a sub-skill for academic success. Considering the functions of libraries in years, it is necessary to involve experts, writers, teachers, and parents in the process as well.

Farklı sosyoekonomik düzeylerden gelen çocukların okuma ile ilgili yaşadıkları deneyimler nelerdir?” sorusu araştırmanın temel sorusunu oluşturmaktadır. Bu bağlamda üç farklı sosyoekonomik düzeyden seçilen toplam 3 erkek öğrenci ile derinlemesine görüşmeler yürütülmüş ve okumada yaşanan sorunların arka planında var olan toplumsal yapılar ortaya konmaya çalışılmıştır. Yöntem olarak anlatı araştırması seçilmiştir. Araştırmaya katılan 3 katılımcının okumaya ilişkin yaşadıkları kişisel deneyimleri, bakış açıları ve okumaya ilişkin sorunlara nasıl yaklaştıkları ortaya konulmaya çalışılmıştır. Üç farklı sosyoekonomik düzeyden gelen öğrencinin öykülerinde farklılaşan temalar olduğu gibi ortak noktalar olduğu da görülmüştür. Sosyal yapıların, bu benzer ve farklı noktaların biçimlenmesinde önemli roller oynadığı belirlenmiştir. Bu bağlamda söz konusu sosyal yapıların daha ayrıntılı incelenmesine dönük araştırmalar yürütülmesi önerilebilir.

The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of learning in museum activities upon the writing skills of 8th grade students. An experimental design was followed for this study. No significant reduction was found in the knowledge levels of the experimental group compared with the control group. While on the other hand there was a significant difference between the experimental and control groups with regards to application levels and total scores. As a result of this research improvement in writing skills was found after learning in museum activities for students. The findings of this study suggest that modern approaches should be preferred to product-oriented traditional methods of improving writing skills through 'out of school learning environments'.

The aim of this study is to examine the process of creating intercultural sensitivity of sixth grade students to migrants via tales. The study is carried out with 24 sixth grade students, consisting of 14 females and 10 males. The study is comprised of two stages. The first stage is the design and implementation of course plans, and second is the presentation of the data with themes obtained from observations, interviews, and documents. Concordantly, by utilization of a tales from Meskhetian Turks in Turkish Language courses, a 6-hour course plan, each of which is 40 minutes, was designed. To study the process of creating intercultural sensitivity by means of tales, observation, document analyses after implementation, and individual vis-a-vis semi-structured interviews were used. By construing the themes reached as result of the analyses of the data obtained, study finding are come up with and discussed in the witness of the resources. It is observed that particularly three themes came forward in the process of improving intercultural sensitivity: recognition, resemblance, and empathy. It is noted as result of the analyses conducted that student, when got a favorable acquaintance with a different culture, they recognized and got curious such culture, tried to resemble it with their own, and develop an empathy with it. In conclusion, it is possible to say that ability to improve intercultural sensitivity might be ensured by means of tales in Turkish language courses. Taken together, it can be suggested to include tales which belong different cultures that have migrated to Turkey in the textbooks. The more frequent inclusion of such text in textbooks may support development of student’s intercultural sensitivity.