Opinions of Pre-service Social Studies Teachers about Using Historical Environment

This research aimed to identify the knowledge, attitude and skill levels of pre-service social studies teachers about using historical environment in teaching. Based on this aim it can be included in the scope of the survey research. Participants of the research which was realized in 2015-2016 acade...

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Main Authors: Aslı AVCI AKÇALI, İsmail Hakkı DEMİRCİOĞLU
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Kura Publishing 2016-09-01
Series:International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education
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Online Access:http://iejee.com/index/makale/306/opinions-of-pre-service-social-studies-teachers-about-using-historical-environment
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author Aslı AVCI AKÇALI
İsmail Hakkı DEMİRCİOĞLU
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description This research aimed to identify the knowledge, attitude and skill levels of pre-service social studies teachers about using historical environment in teaching. Based on this aim it can be included in the scope of the survey research. Participants of the research which was realized in 2015-2016 academic year were 75 senior grade pre-service teachers in the department of social studies teaching of a university from the north of Turkey. In the research, qualitative approach was followed in data collection. A questionnaire including open-ended questions and semi-structured interview technique were used. The data were analyzed according to the content analysis method. As the result of the study, it was identified that pre-service social studies teachers had knowledge to a certain extent about the definition of the historical environment, elements of it, educational attainments it might provide and the method and techniques which can be applied to use it. Moreover, they did not have enough knowledge about the nearby historical environment. Furthermore, it was propounded that attitude levels of the participants about using historical environment in social studies teaching were high whereas the skill levels were low.
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spelling doaj.art-0bd4ec4d3e7b464795f5b7d7e4294cc82023-02-15T16:13:53ZengKura PublishingInternational Electronic Journal of Elementary Education1307-92982016-09-01913958Opinions of Pre-service Social Studies Teachers about Using Historical EnvironmentAslı AVCI AKÇALI0İsmail Hakkı DEMİRCİOĞLU1Dokuz Eylul University, TurkeyKaradeniz Technical University, TurkeyThis research aimed to identify the knowledge, attitude and skill levels of pre-service social studies teachers about using historical environment in teaching. Based on this aim it can be included in the scope of the survey research. Participants of the research which was realized in 2015-2016 academic year were 75 senior grade pre-service teachers in the department of social studies teaching of a university from the north of Turkey. In the research, qualitative approach was followed in data collection. A questionnaire including open-ended questions and semi-structured interview technique were used. The data were analyzed according to the content analysis method. As the result of the study, it was identified that pre-service social studies teachers had knowledge to a certain extent about the definition of the historical environment, elements of it, educational attainments it might provide and the method and techniques which can be applied to use it. Moreover, they did not have enough knowledge about the nearby historical environment. Furthermore, it was propounded that attitude levels of the participants about using historical environment in social studies teaching were high whereas the skill levels were low.http://iejee.com/index/makale/306/opinions-of-pre-service-social-studies-teachers-about-using-historical-environmentSocial studies teachingHistorical environmentPre-service teacher.
spellingShingle Aslı AVCI AKÇALI
İsmail Hakkı DEMİRCİOĞLU
Opinions of Pre-service Social Studies Teachers about Using Historical Environment
International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education
Social studies teaching
Historical environment
Pre-service teacher.
title Opinions of Pre-service Social Studies Teachers about Using Historical Environment
title_full Opinions of Pre-service Social Studies Teachers about Using Historical Environment
title_fullStr Opinions of Pre-service Social Studies Teachers about Using Historical Environment
title_full_unstemmed Opinions of Pre-service Social Studies Teachers about Using Historical Environment
title_short Opinions of Pre-service Social Studies Teachers about Using Historical Environment
title_sort opinions of pre service social studies teachers about using historical environment
topic Social studies teaching
Historical environment
Pre-service teacher.
url http://iejee.com/index/makale/306/opinions-of-pre-service-social-studies-teachers-about-using-historical-environment
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