1st World Conference on Learning, Teaching and Administration (WCLTA), Cairo, Mısır, 29 - 31 Ekim 2010, cilt.9
Purpose of this research is to reveal class and Turkish teacher candidates' attitudes towards children's literature lesson, and works of children's literature. Study group of this research is comprised of students from Classroom Teaching and Turkish Teaching Departments of Faculty of Education of Ataturk University. Answers were sought for the level of classroom teaching and preschool teacher candidates' towards children's literature lesson, and works of children's literature, and whether there is any significant difference is seen in classroom teaching and pre-school teacher candidates' towards children's literature lesson, and works of children's literature in terms gender, and departments. Having the research conducted according to survey method (2007), "Attitude Scale towards Children's Literature, and Children's Literature Lesson", having been developed by., and comprised of 35 articles, was made use of. At the end of the research, it was concluded that teacher candidates had developed a positive attitude towards children's literature, and children's literature lesson, and neither gender, nor field differences had significantly affected that attitude. (C) 2010 Published by Elsevier Ltd.