scholarly journals The Teaching of Ataturk as a Historical Hero in the Social Studies Lesson: A Study on Social Studies Teacher Candidates

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (8) ◽  
pp. 36-39
Keyword(s):  
Social Studies ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Studies Teacher

scholarly journals The Relationship Between Possible Self of the Social Studies and History Teacher Candidates and the Attitudes Towards Teaching Profession

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 64
Author(s):  
Kamil Uygun ◽  
Muhammet Avaroğulları
Keyword(s):  
Social Studies ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Possible Selves ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Attitude Scale ◽  
Teaching Profession ◽  
Spring Semester ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Studies Teacher ◽  
History Teacher

This study was conducted to determine to what extent the attitudes of pre-service teachers of social studies and history towards the teaching profession may predict possible teacher selves. Participants of the research are senior social studies teacher candidates studying at a public university in the spring semester of 2018-2019 academic year and history teacher candidates registered in the pedagogical formation program. Relational survey model, one of the survey models, was used in the research. The data was collected through Teacher Candidates Possible Selves Questionnaire and Attitude Scale towards Teaching Profession. The data obtained from the study were analyzed by Independent samples t test and simple linear regression analysis techniques. According to the results obtained from the research, there was no difference between the attitudes of social studies teacher candidates and history teacher candidates who received pedagogical formation education towards the teaching profession. While the department of teacher candidates was not effective on the expected teacher selves, it was determined that it was effective on the feared teacher selves. It has been understood that the attitude towards teaching profession is effective in predicting expected possible selves, but it is ineffective in predicting feared possible selves that are feared. Suggestions were made in line with the results obtained from the research.

scholarly journals Nationalism, Patriotism and Global Citizenship: A Comparison in between the Social Studies Teacher Candidates in the US and Turkey

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 115
Author(s):  
Ali Altıkulaç ◽  
Alper Yontar
Keyword(s):  
Social Studies ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Global Citizenship ◽  
Basic Research ◽  
The Other ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Us ◽  
Social Studies Teacher

The aim of this research is to introduce the opinions of the social studies teachers who receive education in USA and Turkey in relation to the concepts of nationalism, patriotism and global citizenship comparatively. The basic research design belonging to the research is of a case study model. The multiple techniques have been used to transform the data sets to findings. According to the results of the research, it becomes evident that the constructive patriotism attitudes that belong to the participants from both countries are high and if comparison is made, the blind patriotism attitudes that belong to the participants from Turkey are higher than the participants from USA. On the other hand, if the global citizenship attitudes are taken as a basis, the participants from USA are more prone to global citizenship in comparison to the participants from Turkey.

scholarly journals Individual and global social responsibility levels of social studies pre-service teachers in terms of different variables

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 1008
Author(s):  
Melek Körükcü ◽  
Zafer Tangülü
Keyword(s):  
Social Studies ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
The Social ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Social Studies Teacher ◽  
Medium Level ◽  
Faculty Of Education ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Responsibility Scale

<p><span>The purpose of this research was to determine the individual and global social responsibility levels of social studies pre-service teachers in terms of different variables. The research was in survey model. The study group of the research consisted of 179 pre-service teachers who studied at Social Studies Teaching Program in the Faculty of Education at Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University, Turkey in the 2019-2020 academic year. Data collection tools used in the study are a Demographic Information Form developed by the researcher, Individual Social Responsibility Scale and Global Social Responsibility Scale. The data were analyzed through SPSS 20. The results of the study showed that the social studies teacher candidates' levels of individual social responsibility are high while those of global social responsibility are at medium level. It is also found that there is a significant difference in the individual and global social responsibility levels in terms of gender in favor of female pre-service teachers while there is no significant difference in terms of age variable. Also, the results show that the individual and social responsibility levels of pre-service teachers who have foreign friends are higher than those who do not have foreign friends. Another result of the study is that individual social responsibility levels predict social responsibility levels.</span></p>

scholarly journals Social Studies Teacher Candidates’ Views About Information Technologies and Material Used in Social Studies Lesson

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (8) ◽  
pp. 51
Author(s):  
Mehmet ORAN ◽  
Mehmet Akif KARALI
Keyword(s):  
Social Studies ◽  
Prospective Teachers ◽  
Classroom Environment ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Study Group ◽  
The Social ◽  
Research Designs ◽  
Social Studies Teacher

The research was prepared in order to reveal the opinions of social studies teacher candidates on the use of information technologies and materials in social studies lessons. The study group of the research consists of teacher candidates studying in the department of social studies teaching at Cukurova University in Turkey. The research was prepared in accordance with phenomenology, one of the qualitative research designs. A structured interview form, which was previously created by taking expert opinion, was used to collect data. There are 5 questions that complement each other in the interview form. The data obtained from the interview form were subjected to content analysis. The reliability of the study was calculated as 95.5% according to the reliability formula of Miles and Huberman (1994). It was concluded that the prospective teachers who participated in the research supported the use of information technologies in the social studies course. It was seen that the tools in the classroom environment as technology and material were expressed by the majority of the participants.

scholarly journals THE SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHER CANDIDATES' ATTITUDES TOWARDS THE TEACHING PROFESSION AND THEIR VOCATIONAL SELF-ESTEEMS

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 131-155
Author(s):  
Furkan ALTUNAY ◽  
Kubilay YAZICI
Keyword(s):  
Social Studies ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Attitude Scale ◽  
Teaching Profession ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Status ◽  
Social Studies Teacher ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Professional Self

With this research, it is aimed to examine the attitudes of social studies teacher candidates towards the teaching profession and their professional self-esteem in terms of various variables. In this context, the gender, class, age, type of high school graduated from social studies teacher candidates, whether you chose the teaching profession, the status of being a teacher of social studies and their attitudes towards teaching profession and their professional self-esteem. It is tried to determine whether or not it has effect. The study group of the research consisted of 200 social studies teacher candidates studying at Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University. The data of the study were collected, with the "Occupational Self-Esteem Scale" developed by Arıcak (1999) and the "Teaching Profession Attitude Scale" developed by Çetin (2006), in the 2017-2018 academic year . The obtained data were tabulated and interpreted by performing the necessary statistical analysis via IBM SPSS 24.0 program. In the study, there is a positive, low-level and significant relationship between teacher candidates' attitudes towards the teaching profession and their professional self-esteem, It has been determined that teacher candidates who willingly chose teaching profession have higher professional self-esteem. At the end of the study, various suggestions were presented in the light of research findings. Keywords: Attitude, Social Studies, Teaching, Vocational Self-Esteem.

scholarly journals Investigating Prospective Social Studies Teachers’ Perceptions of European Union through Metaphor Analysis

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 34
Author(s):  
İsmail Hakan Akgün
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Social Studies ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Religious Community ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Metaphor Analysis ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
Social Studies Teacher ◽  
The Eu

The purpose of this study is to investigate metaphors developed by social studies teacher candidates about the European Union. 185 second, third and fourth year social studies teacher candidates participated in the study. This study was designed as a phenomenological study and matephor analysis was conducted. At the end of the study, the students developed 168 metaphors about the European Union. The metaphors developed by the students were grouped into 4 categories after coding and extracting phases. The categories were (1) a religious community, (2) a seemingly powerful but decadent formation, (3) a powerful formation and (4) does anything for its own interest. It was determined in the study that the students perceived the EU mostly as a powerful formation (36.14%), followed by a religious community (34.33%), does anything for its own interest (20.48%) and a seemingly powerful but decadent formation (8.43%).

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