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Universal Journal of Educational Research Vol. 6(6), pp. 1398 - 1406
DOI: 10.13189/ujer.2018.060632
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Little Friends of Halide Nusret Zorlutuna and Teaching Profession
Fatma Süreyya Kurtoğlu *
Faculty of Arts, Gazi University, Turkey
ABSTRACT
In rapidly growing world, the modern civilizations' efforts to make their citizens are always vital. The societies which have well-educated manpower naturally have a right to rule the world. Teacher qualifications that constitute the base of the education system will surely denote the quality of the education system. The teachers are the ones who need to be a guide to make students reach the information and to use that information. Constructing standardizations for teaching profession, generating national and universal policies about this profession which is an important job as it includes teaching should be the primary goal for the nations that wish to develop. Between 1924 and 1957, Halide Nusret Zorlutuna who worked as a teacher in diverse cities situated in newly founded Turkish Republic contributed to our country’s need for well-educated manpower as an educator. Later on, Zorlutuna published her observations while she was working as a teacher with a little memory book called "Benim Küçük Dostlarım". This memory book was not only about life, country and environment, but also included a great deal of clues about teaching profession. This study was carried out in order to determine Halide Nusret Zorlutuna's thoughts and practices about teaching profession. Data were collected via document analysis method. The source of data of the study is "Benim Küçük Dostlarım". Descriptive analysis method was employed to analyze the data. In the present study, the thought and applications of the teaching profession between the lines of Halide Nusret Zorlutuna's memory book called "Benim Küçük Dostlarım" were determined and an evaluation was put forward. Accordingly, teachers should love students and make students love them, be fair for all students, guide them for good and bad, encourage them and they should not be afraid of any troubles, give up hope and should continue teach event the weakest student with patience, seek for new solutions in teaching, establish a relationship with students' parents to achieve success which they are one of the most important shareholders in the education, remember teaching is firstly self-sacrifice and most importantly they should be model for students in all respects.
KEYWORDS
Turkish Language and Literature, Halide Nusret Zorlutuna, Teaching Profession
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(a). IEEE Format:
[1] Fatma Süreyya Kurtoğlu , "Little Friends of Halide Nusret Zorlutuna and Teaching Profession," Universal Journal of Educational Research, Vol. 6, No. 6, pp. 1398 - 1406, 2018. DOI: 10.13189/ujer.2018.060632.
(b). APA Format:
Fatma Süreyya Kurtoğlu (2018). Little Friends of Halide Nusret Zorlutuna and Teaching Profession. Universal Journal of Educational Research, 6(6), 1398 - 1406. DOI: 10.13189/ujer.2018.060632.