Abstract
TURKISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE TEACHER IMAGE AND LITERATURE TEACHING ON TURKISH MOVIES
It is seen that the teacher characters in the movies that are described as school films are generally social studies or language/literature teachers. Based on the various qualities attributed to these teachers in the movies, an image of this profession and lesson is created in the perception of society. This study aims to determine how the image of a Turkish language and literature teacher and literary education is reflected in reference to the characters of literature teachers in Turkish movies. The data obtained within the scope of the research were collected through twelve Turkish movies featuring the character of a literature teacher. The data of the research was collected through document analysis, which is one of the qualitative research methods. Based on the teacher image researches conducted in the literature and the “Teaching Character is taken as the basis of the analysis uniti and by making descriptive analysis on movies, the character of the literature teacher has been evaluated in line with visual and professional image features. In the films, it is seen that the visual image of the literature teacher is exhibited especially through young and middle-aged male teachers. Literature teachers are portrayed as well-groomed, stylish, single, middle-aged and young male characters. Professional image characteristics seen in almost all of the teachers; to have professional knowledge, skills and interest, to have proper diction, and to have advanced expression skills. In the films, the differences in the approaches of the old and new generation Turkish language and literature teachers to the students, their language use, subject choices and literature understanding were exhibited through experienced and inexperienced teachers; "old" and "new" language/literature/period/literary understanding was compared. When examined in terms of Turkish language and literature education; It is seen that in the films, classical literature and aruz prosody are mainly discussed, and scenes that show that classical literature is difficult and incomprehensible are frequently included. The fact that only plain lectures are preferred in the lessons, no teaching materials are used, and the subjects are not associated with life and student interest, exemplify a boring and innovative understanding of literature education, creating a negative perception about the Turkish language and literature course.
Keywords
Image of Turkish language and literature teacher, literature education in the movies, Turkish langua