An Evaluation of the Direction of Social Studies Course in Turkey
As a course social studies was involved into the Teacher Schools and Village Institute Program for the first time in 1953. The course was started to be taught in elementary schools in 1968 and in secondary schools in 1973. Regarding the social studies course, the Ministry of National Education has d...
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Okur Yazar Derneği
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| description | As a course social studies was involved into the Teacher Schools and Village Institute Program for the first time in 1953. The course was started to be taught in elementary schools in 1968 and in secondary schools in 1973. Regarding the social studies course, the Ministry of National Education has developed or updated the curricula in 1953, 1968, 1969, 1990, 1998, 2005, 2015 and 2018. Initially, the Social Studies Curricula, consisted of history, geography and citizenship subjects, has included social science disciplines such as anthropology, archeology, economics, law, political science, psychology and sociology in time. The multi-disciplinary structure has turned into the interdisciplinary one in the following process. At the same time, some changes have been done in the general direction of the curricula. The aim of this study is to determine the trends of Social Studies Curricula from the past (1953) to the present (2020). In this context, trends in the general goals and explanations of each curriculum were identified and how the future of social studies course will be in Turkey was tried to be predicted. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cb7c40887cec438abf32217eeb4093ff2023-02-15T16:17:10ZturOkur Yazar Derneğiİnsan&İnsan Bilim Kültür Sanat ve Düşünce Dergisi2148-75372148-75372021-01-0182717920710.29224/insanveinsan.818742An Evaluation of the Direction of Social Studies Course in TurkeyErol ÇİYDEMhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7166-4160Selahattin KAYMAKCIhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5905-9902As a course social studies was involved into the Teacher Schools and Village Institute Program for the first time in 1953. The course was started to be taught in elementary schools in 1968 and in secondary schools in 1973. Regarding the social studies course, the Ministry of National Education has developed or updated the curricula in 1953, 1968, 1969, 1990, 1998, 2005, 2015 and 2018. Initially, the Social Studies Curricula, consisted of history, geography and citizenship subjects, has included social science disciplines such as anthropology, archeology, economics, law, political science, psychology and sociology in time. The multi-disciplinary structure has turned into the interdisciplinary one in the following process. At the same time, some changes have been done in the general direction of the curricula. The aim of this study is to determine the trends of Social Studies Curricula from the past (1953) to the present (2020). In this context, trends in the general goals and explanations of each curriculum were identified and how the future of social studies course will be in Turkey was tried to be predicted.https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/1372054social studiescurriculumtrendturkey |
| spellingShingle | Erol ÇİYDEM Selahattin KAYMAKCI An Evaluation of the Direction of Social Studies Course in Turkey İnsan&İnsan Bilim Kültür Sanat ve Düşünce Dergisi social studies curriculum trend turkey |
| title | An Evaluation of the Direction of Social Studies Course in Turkey |
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| title_sort | evaluation of the direction of social studies course in turkey |
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