A study of educational-skill and educational-ethical themes of selected children's stories of Iran and the world

Choosing the type of theme for children's and teen stories is very important. What have been seen in children's stories from ancient times to the present are moral and educational themes. These types of themes have valuable messages that help the child in moral development and excellence. In addition to moral and educational issues, today's child also needs life skills training. The purpose of this article is to study and analyze the educational, moral and skill themes of selected children's stories in Iran and the world. The research method is content analysis and the method of data collection is documentary and library. The reviewed works are from selected children's stories and are published by the Center for the Intellectual Development of Children and Adolescents. The results showed that by examining the themes of 45 selected stories from 30 child authors in Iran and the world, educational and moral themes were the most used. Skills-training themes have been less used. The use of skill themes such as self-belief, overcoming fear and loneliness, self-knowledge and self-awareness in children's stories also seems necessary.