PERCEPTIONS OF HISTORY TEACHERS ABOUT HISTORICAL THINKING SKILLS

Volume: 39 Number: 184 October 1, 2009
  • İsmail Hakkı Demircioğlu*
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PERCEPTIONS OF HISTORY TEACHERS ABOUT HISTORICAL THINKING SKILLS

Abstract

Historical thinking skills that can be transferred to students by the teaching of history are important. These skills, which consist of chronological thinking, historical comprehension, historical analysis and interpretation, historical research skills and historical issues, analysis and decision-making are main objectives of history curriculum programme of some developed countries. However, in Turkey, it is clear that some of Turkish history teachers do not have enough knowledge concerning historical thinking skills and competent on how to transferred these skills to students. The main purpose of this study was to investigate Turkish history teachers’ knowledge and attitudes towards historical thinking skills. A qualitative approach was used in this study in order to amass data in response to the research questions and the information itself was secured through a questionnaire that contained open-ended questions and semi structured interviews. In 2005, 73 history teachers answered the questionnaire and 20 history teachers participated in a semi-structured interview. In the light of the questionnaire and semi-structured interview findings it seems that more than half of the history teachers do not have knowledge regarding historical thinking skills.

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İsmail Hakkı Demircioğlu* This is me

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October 1, 2009

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October 1, 2009

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Year 2009 Volume: 39 Number: 184

APA
Demircioğlu*, İ. H. (2009). TARİH ÖĞRETMENLERİNİN TARİHSEL DÜŞÜNME BECERİLERİNE YÖNELİK GÖRÜŞLERİ. Milli Eğitim Dergisi, 39(184), 228-239. https://izlik.org/JA38MP54SZ
AMA
1.Demircioğlu* İH. TARİH ÖĞRETMENLERİNİN TARİHSEL DÜŞÜNME BECERİLERİNE YÖNELİK GÖRÜŞLERİ. Milli Eğitim Dergisi. 2009;39(184):228-239. https://izlik.org/JA38MP54SZ
Chicago
Demircioğlu*, İsmail Hakkı. 2009. “TARİH ÖĞRETMENLERİNİN TARİHSEL DÜŞÜNME BECERİLERİNE YÖNELİK GÖRÜŞLERİ”. Milli Eğitim Dergisi 39 (184): 228-39. https://izlik.org/JA38MP54SZ.
EndNote
Demircioğlu* İH (October 1, 2009) TARİH ÖĞRETMENLERİNİN TARİHSEL DÜŞÜNME BECERİLERİNE YÖNELİK GÖRÜŞLERİ. Milli Eğitim Dergisi 39 184 228–239.
IEEE
[1]İ. H. Demircioğlu*, “TARİH ÖĞRETMENLERİNİN TARİHSEL DÜŞÜNME BECERİLERİNE YÖNELİK GÖRÜŞLERİ”, Milli Eğitim Dergisi, vol. 39, no. 184, pp. 228–239, Oct. 2009, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA38MP54SZ
ISNAD
Demircioğlu*, İsmail Hakkı. “TARİH ÖĞRETMENLERİNİN TARİHSEL DÜŞÜNME BECERİLERİNE YÖNELİK GÖRÜŞLERİ”. Milli Eğitim Dergisi 39/184 (October 1, 2009): 228-239. https://izlik.org/JA38MP54SZ.
JAMA
1.Demircioğlu* İH. TARİH ÖĞRETMENLERİNİN TARİHSEL DÜŞÜNME BECERİLERİNE YÖNELİK GÖRÜŞLERİ. Milli Eğitim Dergisi. 2009;39:228–239.
MLA
Demircioğlu*, İsmail Hakkı. “TARİH ÖĞRETMENLERİNİN TARİHSEL DÜŞÜNME BECERİLERİNE YÖNELİK GÖRÜŞLERİ”. Milli Eğitim Dergisi, vol. 39, no. 184, Oct. 2009, pp. 228-39, https://izlik.org/JA38MP54SZ.
Vancouver
1.İsmail Hakkı Demircioğlu*. TARİH ÖĞRETMENLERİNİN TARİHSEL DÜŞÜNME BECERİLERİNE YÖNELİK GÖRÜŞLERİ. Milli Eğitim Dergisi [Internet]. 2009 Oct. 1;39(184):228-39. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA38MP54SZ