Abstract
VALUES EDUCATION WITH A SHORT STORY AS A CREATIVE WRITING ACTIVITY
As a subtype of story in Turkish literature, short story is a product of the adaptation process of modern people to the speed and consumption-oriented lifestyle. With its economical language, image-based intuitive depth, fictional gaps, wide connotations, and the possibility of reproducing, it is among the works that can make the reader think, surprise the reader by bringing them face to face with reality, and enrich his imagination. The small story, known as very short story, minimal story, tight story, mini story, small scale fiction, parable; It offers different expression possibilities with its structure that sometimes approaches poetry. The aim of this research is to reveal the usability of the story by shrinking it as a creative writing activity in values education. The research is a survey model, one of the qualitative research methods. The data were obtained by the document review technique. The obtained data were handled with content analysis and interpreted. Studies on values education are mostly done by having students read texts containing values / values, and it continues to be done in this way. In our study, a different understanding of value education was proposed, and as a value education activity, Turkish teacher candidates were written short stories about values. The fact that the teacher candidates were able to produce stories in the form of stories by shrinking them as a subject, revealed that it is feasible to create a story by shrinking it as a creative writing activity in values education. It does not seem sufficient to read the texts containing value in values education. Supporting the values with creative writing practices for the internalization of values will contribute to value education.
Keywords
Writing education, Values education, Writing activities, Creative writing, Short story.