“…Therefore, models and theories can be shaped by examining the perceptions of various target audiences towards the concepts, skills, and values used in educational processes through the metaphors they produce. Metaphor studies conducted on concepts such as social sciences, such as history (Candan & Öztaş, 2017;Er Tuna & Mazman-Budak, 2013;Kantekin, 2018), geography (Aydın, 2010;Çepni, 2013;Durmuş & Baş, 2016;Gökçe, 2016;Kantekin, 2018;Öztürk, 2007;Şahin & Kaya, 2016), social studies/course/teacher (Akça Berk, Gültekin, & Çençen, 2015;Akhan, Kılıçoğlu, & Gedik, 2014;Beldağ & Geçit, 2016;Çelikkaya & Yakar, 2015;Güven & Güven, 2009;Kantekin, 2018;Kuru & Pırnaz, 2020) and some values (Aktepe, Uzunöz, & Sarıçam, 2020;Çelikkaya & Seyhan, 2017;Demirkaya & Çal, 2018;Gömleksiz, Kan, & Öner, 2012;İnel, Urhan, & Ünal, 2018;Kılcan & Akbaba, 2013;Kılcan & Akbaba, 2014;Seyhan, 2020;Ulu Kalın & Koçoğlu, 2017;Uzunöz, Aktepe, & Özağaçhanlı, 2020) within the scope of social studies are important in terms of revealing how the nature of social studies is perceived by different target groups. Additionally, determining the perceptions about the skills in social studies through metaphors will also contribute to the evaluation of social studies in terms of skills.…”