An Issue in the Intersection of Science and Social Sciences during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Socialization

Abstract

Socialization is the process of individuals learning to live in a particular society and developing a set of attitudes and behaviors in accordance with the social dynamics of that society. In this way, individuals gain the skills to live together in society by adapting to the values and belief structure of the society. In this context, it is known that in Turkey, especially in primary and secondary school years, the skills of living together in society are tried to be gained by students through Life Studies and Social Studies courses. However, since the world has been facing the threat of a global epidemic since 2020, it can be said that the socialization practices of primary and secondary school students are at risk. With this research, it is aimed to reveal the reflections of socialization, which is a social issues during the COVID-19 pandemic, on the psycho-social health of middle school students through metaphors. In this way, it was tried to compare the psycho-social health effects of socialization before and during the COVID-19 pandemic and reached a conclusion. In this context, descriptive model was used to achieve the aims of the research. The study group of the research consisted of 85 students selected by random sampling method among middle school students. Data were collected through semi-structured interview (metaphorical form), and draw a picture forms. Content and Chi-Square Test for One Sample (X2) analysis were performed on the collected data. When the metaphors generated by the students regarding socialization before and during the COVID-19 pandemic were examined, it was concluded that there were fundamental differences between them. The main difference is; students' tendency to perceive socialization on the axis of “social co-orience / social isolation”. In this contex, it can be said that the psycho-social health of students is at risk during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Keywords

• socia-envrironmental issue
• socialization
• COVID-19 pandemic
• psycho-social health

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