Kazım Nami Duru s contribution to preschool education and an analysis of his work of cocuk bahçesi rehberi (Children's playground guide)

Abstract

The beginning of preschool ed ucation in Turkey is based on the early years of the SecondConstitution period. In this period, the first studies and applications show importantsimilarities with the contemporary approach to preschool education. Kazim Nami s(Duru) study and practice in this area have been a pioneer name. His works establish toopen schools, train teachers, develop programs and prepare guide books for all theteachers. Briefly, his studies cover all the aspects of preschool education. In the study, theemergence and the first applications of preschool education in Turkey has been evaluatedon Duru's "Çocuk Bahçesi Rehberi" (Children's Playground Guide) which is a guide bookprepared in 1915 for kindergarten teachers and his own educationalist personality. Thestyle of presentation topics and activities in the guide book reflects the first examples of"constructivist learning and "drama" applications.