Suggested Citation: Dilek, G. (2016). A study of oral and local history on sportswomen with 5 th grade students.Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 63, 89-114, http://dx.doi.org/ 10.14689/ejer.2016.63.6 Abstract Problem Statement: Contrary to traditional historiography, which mainly focuses on men's experiences and ignores the women, historiography today includes all people, genders and social groups. Accordingly, school history also needs to regard female actors of the past in order to present a more gender-balanced past that makes visible not only the men's but also the women's experiences. However, objectives on the subjects of women, women's history and gender in the social studies/history curricula in Turkey are very limited. In this sense, teachers need to think about how studies/activities/projects, where women and women's pasts are more visible in environments outside the school, can be conducted considering the skills in the curricula of social studies/history in order to make students aware of women's experiences in the past, empowerment of female students through investigating the pioneer/successful/challenged women in the past and provide gender equality on the educational base. Women's history, which is not sufficiently covered in the curricula and textbooks, could be studied by being integrated with the local and oral history studies. Purpose of the Study:The study aims to show that students could be upskilled in terms of the history discipline in general and women's history and gender education in particular by ensuring they work on the women's history/experiences based on local and oral history approaches taking part in the current social studies curricula in Turkey. Method:The study employs a qualitative research design and the action research method. The study was conducted, having a preparation period of two weeks and also two weeks for application, with 19 students who had just finished the 5 th grade. The students studied the past sportswomen  Assist. Prof. Dr., Sinop University, Faculty of Education, gulcindilek@gmail.com 90Gulcin Dilek of the Sinop Black Sea Sail Club. Video footage of the process, observation notes of the researcher and the opinions of students received in writing constitute the data set of the study. The triangulation method was adopted and the opinions of two expert academicians were asked in order to ensure validity and reliability. The data were analyzed using the descriptive analysis method. Findings and Results:In this study, it was found that even students at relatively young ages (11 years) can be upskilled in studying with historical sources, designing and asking questions, having an awareness of gender, appreciating the pioneer women of the past, having an eagerness for researching the lives of these women and feeling excited in a short time through the well-organized small scale, oral, and local history studies. Conclusion and Recommendations:This study showed that awareness could be raised in both the history discipline and the history of women in s...

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The aim of this study is to review the current situation with history teaching in Turkey after the education reform introduced in 2004. Accordingly, this study mainly focuses on the structure and problems of history teaching in Turkey bothat primary and secondary levels after the education reform, following confrontational debates about the role of history teaching in the construction of citizenship, and in the context of international relations, which is related to collaborative projects undertaken with a number of countries to rewrite history textbooks in a peaceful way. Current research trends in this field are also mentioned briefly. Some researches show that in history teaching in Turkey the common issues that occur are related to text books, the intensity of knowledge/objectives relationships, insufficient weekly course hours and the unfamiliarity of teachers with both new history and constructivist approaches. New history textbooks and curricula continue to be a conflict area between their respective defenders who claim in turn that history teaching should either be a vehicle for constructing national identitity or that it should be a vehicle for constructing global, pluralist and democratic citizenship. On the other hand, mutual work with some Arabian countries to rewrite the common past in textbooks,is on Turkey's current agenda to enhance the international context of this perspective. Some researches also show that apart from debates about the nature of history's social aims and the problems of history teaching as already indicated, teachers seem ready to adopt the new history approach. In addition to this, every passing day there is a marked and rapid increase in research into history teaching and the variety of related research subjects are hopeful improvements.

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