Elements of intangible cultural heritage in turkish language course books of grade 6 and grade 8

The term intangible cultural heritage has begun to be used with the convention for the safeguarding of the intangible cultural heritage of UNESCO and has been conceptualized. Intangible Cultural Heritage is defined; as practices, representation, expressions, skills which are defined by communities as part of their cultural heritages, and tools and cultural environments related to them. The fact that intangible cultural heritage is preserved to the extent it is transmitted requires evaluating the agenda related to education. Starting from this point, the main purpose of this study is to investigate elements of intangible cultural heritage included in Turkish language course books of grades 6 and 8. This study which tries to determine whether Turkish language course books fulfil the duty that they take is a qualitative research, and it has been evaluated through document review method. According to the findings; Intangible cultural heritage elements included in the UNESCO list and in the national inventory of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and included in both class books: Minstrel Tradition and the Semah Ceremony; only grade 6 element is Karagoz; Grade 8 items only; Kirkpinar Oil Wrestling Festival, Traditional Tile Mastery, Alevi-Bektashi Ritual Semah, Marbling: Turkish Paper Decoration Art, Dede Qorqud Heritage: Epic Culture, Folk Tales and Music, Nawruz. In reference to the findings, it is likely to express that it is necessary to enrich Turkish language course books with texts involving more expressions related to intangible cultural values.