The study is aimed at explaining the relationships among trust, self-esteem and satisfaction with life of university student with their social media use and some demographic variables. The demographic variables are; gender, socioeconomic status, grade point average (GPA) of students and their stated worldviews. The study employed a quantitative research approach. The subjects of the study were students of several social science departments in 12 different Turkish state universities located in several parts of Turkey. The total number of the students involved in the study was 2253. The data was collected by a categorical variable form and 3 other scales developed for the research project. The scales were Likert type scales. Their reliability and dimensions are explained in detail in method section of the study. The data were analyzed through one-way-ANOVA. The main findings are; the frequency of social media use creates a difference in trust levels of university students. It is found out that a higher average of the grades means higher self-esteem among students. There is significant difference between genders in students' satisfaction with life.

Uşak Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 2013 Kış (6/1) "çalışkanlık", "misafirperverlik", "saygı" ve "temizlik" tir. Araştırmada öğretmen ve velilerin en önemli gördükleri değerlerin örtüşmediği sonucuna ulaşılmıştır. En önemli değerler konusunda ortaya çıkan bu farklılık, bu değerlerin öğretiminde gösterilecek hassasiyet, gayret ve işbirliği açısından bir sorun teşkil etmektedir.

This article discusses some perspectives on citizenship education in Turkey and Britain in the context of current contested discourses on the nature of European identity and of the European Union (EU). It is based on data collected during an EU-funded student teacher exchange programme between three universities in Turkey and Leicester University in the United Kingdom. The programme facilitated participants' investigations of their understandings of citizenship and citizenship education in Britain and Turkey. Data was collected by questionnaire from 581 Turkish student teachers and 85 British student teachers involved with citizenship education and, during the exchange visits, through focus group interviews with 14 British and 14 Turkish students. Both groups thought citizenship education was key to creating 'good citizens' in their countries, but the nature of this citizenship was perceived to differ between countries. The Turkish students placed a strong emphasis on national identity and Turkish citizenship, whilst the British students focused more on democracy, social justice, global citizenship and human rights. Students from both countries questioned the efficacy of the pedagogical approaches that they observed during school visits in each other's countries.

The aim of this study is to investigate the impact of teaching social studies with the help of CT on pupils' achievement in social studies. A history, geography and culture oriented theme was selected from the social studies curriculum for the research, Turks on the Silk Road. A multimedia CD, documentaries, PowerPoint and so on were used to teach social studies to 6 th graders. The research design of the study is quasi experimental. Three different research tools were used to collect data: an academic achievement test, an attitude measurement scale on social studies education and an attitude measurement scale on ICT. When achievement post test scores were treated as dependent variable in blockwise regression analysis the followings are found:Pupils' attitudes towards the subject and ICT do not have an effect on their post-test achievement scores.However, their prior knowledge on the subject and the treatment i.e. teaching social studies with ICT have a positive effect on their achievement. Teaching social studies with ICT do not have any statistically significant effect on pupils' attitudes toward social studies lesson. Thus, it is recommended that teachers and policy makers should find ways to formulate effective ICT integration applications for social studies.

The purpose of this study is to examine the social media usage of university students, and to determine whether different characteristics of university students such as gender, academic average, socioeconomic level, world view, social media usage make any difference in the usage patterns. The study was drawn from the quantitative data collected for a bigger research project. A total of 2253 students from 2nd, 3rd and 4th grade in letters faculties of 12 state universities participated in the study. Frequency analysis, t-test and one-factor ANOVA were performed to analyze the data gathered through Social Media Usage Scale developed within the scope of the study. The results of the research showed that university students use social media mostly for research purposes and use social media least to get information about political issues and groups. It is also found that gender is a predictive variable in using social media for different purposes. Moreover, the world view (political affiliation) of university students and the frequency of social media use are variables that cause differentiation in all of the social media usage purposes. On the other hand, the academic grade point average and socioeconomic level of students are the two variables that cause differentiation only in social media use for entertainment and getting information about political issues and groups. Keywords: Social media, socioeconomic level, world view ÖzBu çalışmanın amacı üniversite öğrencilerinin sosyal medya kullanım amaçlarını belirlemek ve üniversite öğrencilerinin cinsiyet, akademik ortalama, sosyoekonomik seviye, dünya görüşü ve sosyal medya kullanım sıklığı gibi farklı özelliklerinin bu kullanım amaçlarında farklılaşma yaratıp yaratmadığını ortaya çıkarmaktır. Bu araştırma, daha geniş bir araştırma projesi için toplanmış nicel verilerden vücuda gelmiştir. Çalışma verileri, 12 devlet üniversitesinin edebiyat fakültelerinde 2, 3 ve 4. sınıfta okuyan toplam 2253 öğrenciden toplanmıştır. Çalışma kapsamında geliştirilen Sosyal Medya Kullanım Amaçları Ölçme Aracıyla toplanan verilerin analizinde frekans analizi, t-testi ve tek faktörlü ANOVA yapılmıştır. Araştırma sonuçları üniversite öğrencilerinin sosyal medyayı en çok araştırma yapma amacıyla, en az ise siyasi konu ve gruplardan haberdar olma amacıyla kullandıklarını göstermiş, cinsiyetin sosyal medyayı farklı amaçlarla kullanmada belirleyici bir değişken olduğunu ortaya çıkarmıştır. Ayrıca benimsenen dünya görüşü ve sosyal medya kullanım sıklığı sosyal medyanın kullanım amaçlarının tümünde farklılaşmaya sebep olan değişkenler olurken, akademik ortalama ve sosyoekonomik seviye sadece sosyal medyayı eğlence amaçlı ve siyasi konu ve gruplardan haberdar olma amaçlı kullanımlarda farklılaşmaya neden olan değişkenler olarak bulunmuştur.