Author/Authors :
KAYMAKCI, Selahattin Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi - Fatih Eğitim Fakültesi - Sosyal Bilgiler Eğitimi Anabilim Dalı, Turkey
Abstract :
Due to the nature and subject area, social studies use oral and literary works. The aim of this study is to examine comparatively the usage situation of oral and written literary works in social studies textbooks. In this study, document analysis was used in the context of qualitative methodology. As documents, social studies textbooks (4th to 7th grades), written by Ministry of Turkish National Education, were explored. Collected data were analyzed through content analysis. The results showed that social studies textbooks give importance to the usage of oral and literary works. In this context, it is understood that some oral and literary works, including memoir, proverb, biography, epic, idiom, legend, joke, travel writing, diary, story, literary composition, article, Turkish poem, march, fable, letter, anecdote, saying, novel, political treatise, speech, dictionary, song/ folk song, poetry, rhyme, and theater, are used in the textbooks.
