Sosyal Bilgiler Öğretmenlerinin 2018 Sosyal Bilgiler Öğretim Programına Yönelik Görüşleri

Abstract

In Turkey in 2005, authorities made a radical change in educational curriculum and turned into constructivist education approach. Later, the matters identified with the shapes in 2017 have been tried to eliminate. Lastly, with the curriculum that put into practice in 2018, the finally shape of social studies lesson curriculum was given. Even though it is crucially important to conduct theoretical background and eliminate the problems on the process, the suggestion of solution will always be insufficient without the perspectives of teachers who are applicants of the system. The purpose of this study is to reflect the problems of the teachers of social sciences who apply the social studies curriculum, and to suggest the authorities some solutions from this reflection. In this study, one of the methods of qualitative research, case study was used. Two social studies teachers who have been teaching in two different towns of Sakarya have been interviewed at the end of each learning domain with the technique of semi-structured interview and the data were gathered. The datas applied with the scientific analysis the encountered problems were identifies. According to the result of the study, in some units (Culture and Heritage, Production, Distribution and Consume) teachers have been having problems with the time. Due to some of the subjects in the curriculum being irrelevant to daily basis, teachers can't find interesting explanation method to express it to students. Teachers are not able to connect the topics in one unit to another one. However, on the aspect of branch information relativity, reaching to the materials, abilities and values, there is not any problem encountered.