YILMAZ, Kaya Marmara Üniversitesi - Eğitim Fakültesi, Turkey

ISSUES AND SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS IN SOCIAL STUDIES EDUCATION: VIEWS OF TEACHING FACULTY

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This study explored social studies educators’ viewpoints on the problems and constraints confronting social studies education in Turkey and their suggestions for solving them. Qualitative research methods were used for carrying out the study based on a purposeful sampling procedure and semi-structured interviews. Interview transcripts were analyzed through the strategies of inductive qualitative data analysis which yielded four categories of problems as to the (1) educational administration and policy, (2) social studies educators, (3) students, and (4) learning environment, educational tools and access to resources. Participants’ views of the problems were documented with the extracts from their own words.

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Social studies education , elementary education , academicians’ viewpoints , educational problems , curriculum development

Journal Of Turkish Educational Sciences

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