Research Article

Examining the Attitudes of Candidate Social Studies Teachers’ Regarding the Contemporary World Problems

Volume: 18 Number: Eğitim Bilimleri Özel Sayısı September 15, 2021
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Examining the Attitudes of Candidate Social Studies Teachers’ Regarding the Contemporary World Problems

Abstract

The world faces problems originating from environmental pollution, air pollution, unbalanced population growth, unemployment, climate changes, differences in vegetation, water problems, drought, disasters, wars, nuclear wars and weapons, unplanned urbanization, genocide, hunger, terrorism, energy, refugees, poverty, racism, technology, media, economy, communication, health, education, agricul-ture, women’s problems, problems originating from belief and sect. This research aims to determine the attitudes of social studies candidate teachers’ regarding contemporary world problems. The present study is quantitative research and it was figured in survey model. The survey model is a research ap-proach that aims to reveal a situation that existed in the past in its current form. The study group of the research was composed of 167 candidate teachers’ who continue their studies at Aksaray University, Faculty of Education, Department of Social Studies Education. Convenient sampling, which is one of the sampling types of the research, was used. The data in the research were collected through the “Attitude Scale Intended for Contemporary World Issues” developed by Kılıçoğlu, Karakuş and Öztürk (2012). Looking at the results of the research, it was concluded that there was no significant difference between the total scores of the participants' attitudes towards contemporary world problems and the variable of gender, class variable, following daily newspaper news in printed and electronic media, being a member of an NGO, and father's education level. It was concluded that there was a significant difference only between the education level of the mother.

Keywords

Candidate social studies teachers’ , today , attitude

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APA
Şimşek, Ü. (2021). Examining the Attitudes of Candidate Social Studies Teachers’ Regarding the Contemporary World Problems. OPUS International Journal of Society Researches, 18(Eğitim Bilimleri Özel Sayısı), 3975-3988. https://doi.org/10.26466/opus.952872