Çocuklar ve Kitaplar: Piaget’nin Oyun Kuramına Göre Bir Değerlendirme

Çocuk, yaşama hazırlanma sürecinin her aşamasında çeşitli eğitsel uyarıcılarla karşı karşıya gelmektedir. Çocuklara yönelik hazırlanan resimli hikâye kitaplarının da bu eğitsel uyarıcılar arasında kabul edildiği bilinmektedir. Bu bağlamda, bu araştırmayla resimli hikâye kitaplarında yer alan çocuk oyunlarının Piaget’nin oyun gelişimi kuramına göre incelenmesi amaçlanmaktadır. Araştırma nitel araştırma yöntemlerinden doküman incelemesi yöntemi ile kurgulanmıştır. Araştırmanın veri seti, benzeşik (homojen) örnekleme yöntemi ile belirlenmiştir. Araştırmanın veri setini 2012-2015 yılları arasında yayımlanmış 200 resimli hikâye kitabı ve üzerinde “4-6 yaş aralığı için tavsiye edilmektedir” ibaresini taşıyan kitaplar oluşturmaktadır. Araştırmanın temel problemine uygun olarak incelenen 200 adet resimli hikâye kitabından 18’inde oyun olduğu belirlenmiştir. Araştırmanın veri setinden elde edilen sonuca göre 4-6 yaş aralığındaki çocuklara yönelik olarak yayımlanmış resimli hikâye kitaplarında yer alan oyunların Piaget’nin oyun gelişimi kuramına göre ya çocukların normal gelişimlerinin gerisinde ya da normal gelişimlerinin ilerisinde oyun türlerinden olduğu, çocukların oyun gelişimlerine uygun oyun türlerine çok az yer verildiği bulunmuştur. Bulgular çocuklar için üretilen resimli hikaye kitaplarının Piaget’nin oyun gelişimi kuramı bağlamında çocukların oyun gelişimine uygunluğunun yeterli düzeyde olmadığı yorumlanmıştır

The examination of toys used in illustrated children's books

As all other stimulants surrounding the children in their belief and perspective developments, the books also have a big importance.  Explicit and subliminal messages presented to the children on the books have affected the children’s perspective and attitude in regard to the world. This study has been done with the aim of identifying the toys which have been illustrated or shown in the text of illustrated children’s books for children aged 3-6. This study has been done with qualitative research. Content analysis method which is one of the qualitative methods has been used. In the research 200 illustrated children’s books have been reviewed and 28 books of them which have toy concept have built data set. The research has been qualified with illustrated storybooks for children aged 3-6 and the writer’s books published before September 2015. With the aim of data collection, the research has been constituted by identifying the toy concept and its kinds in literature review. The result showed that toys used within the books by considering gender, and using boys with cars and marbles, using girls with dolls and stuffed toys within texts and within pictures causes gender stereotype. Using Building Toys very little within both the text and the pictures causes deficiency since they are used as an example for the kids

THE 2000-2001 FINANCIAL CRISIS IN TURKEY AND THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS OF 2008-2009: REASONS AND COMPARISONS

The economic crisis of 2000-2001 was proved to be demolishing for Turkey after the abundance of currency peg in the same year. The crisis in question stemmed from insufficient implementation of regulations, inadequate depth of the capital markets, lack of assessment of risk, excessive lending to incorporated institutions by national banks, restricted interest rates, monitored foreign exchange operations, limited foreign asset holding, lack of competition, barriers to foreign entry high liquidity, chronic inflation and a deficit in balance of payments. However, the crisis that Turkey was subject to in 2008-2009 was quite different than the previous ones as to be a result of world matters. The sparking effect begun in the USA at the mortgage market, the fail of the mortgage market negatively influenced the capital, stock and derivative markets and spread the world. Thus, this study aims to analyze and reveal the reflections of the 2000-2001 and 2008-2009 crises and their comparison with regards to Turkey on theoretical basis resting on numerous comprehensive and credible national and international publications

Born Global Firms: A Foreign Trade Related Study on Turkey

With the comprehensive advent in information and communication technologies and worldwide ease of transportation, the volume of international trade and business increased profoundly. Within this process, a Born Global Firm (BGF), right from its initiation, aims at creating competitive advantage by marketing a large volume of its products in various international markets by utilizing technological advances. Therefore, the rational behind the idea of BGF is to become an international firm in a short period of time and making international business affairs core of its business activities. Thus, the aim of this study is to review the concept of BGF theoretically and relate the issue to foreign trade affairs resting on significant sources related to the Turkish case mainly focusing on trade statistics as to review the potential development of BGFs in Turkey