History teaching is aim to educate students which is knowing the ways to access historical sources and evidence, resources to reach questioning, criticizing, evaluating, also such as causality, chronological thinking, historical empathy skills having. In this study the factors that influence students' levels of literacy history and their causes are discussed based on the opinions of teachers. In this study, interview technique was used as qualitative research method was utilized as a means of data collection. For this purpose, interviews were held with 12 teachers in the study group. “Criteria sampling” method preferred in determining of the study * Doç. Dr., Gazi Üniversitesi, Gazi Eğitim Fakültesi, Tarih Eğitimi A.B.D. E-posta: bahriata@gmail.com ** Yrd. Doç. Dr., Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi, Eğitim Fakültesi, İlköğretim Bölümü, Sosyal Bilgiler Eğitimi A.B.D. E-posta: muratkece5@gmail.com group. Various opinions have been put forward the reasons of students' historical literacy levels are low and solutions directed towards by the participants. It was mentioned that social studies curriculum, students' parents, social studies teachers, social studies textbooks is effective on levels of students' historical literacy. In addition participants expressed that it is not appropriate history programs to the level of student on TV and there is a dull lecture on the historical documentary. So they do not attract the attention of students.
Tarih konularının öğretiminde tarihsel kaynak ve kanıtlara ulaşma yollarını bilen, ulaştığı kaynakları sorgulayan, eleştiren, değerlendiren, tarihsel olayları nedensellik, kronolojik düşünme, tarihsel empati gibi beceriler çerçevesinde inceleyen öğrenciler yetiştirme amacının olması, tarih okuryazarlığı dairesinde hareket edildiğini göstermektedir. Bu çalışmada öğrencilerin tarih okuryazarlığı düzeylerine etki eden unsurlar ve bunların nedenleri öğretmen görüşlerine dayalı olarak tartışılmıştır. Nitel araştırma yöntemine göre hareket edilen çalışma kapsamında “ölçüt örnekleme” yöntemi ile belirlenen 12 sosyal bilgiler öğretmeni ile yüz yüze görüşmeler gerçekleştirilmiştir. Katılımcılardan elde edilen veriler içerik analizi yöntemi ile analiz edilmiştir. Ulaşılan bulgulara göre katılımcıların, öğrencilerin tarih okuryazarlığı düzeylerinin düşük olma nedenleri ve çözüm önerilerine yönelik çeşitli görüşler öne sürdükleri gözlenmiştir. Öğrencilerin tarih okuryazarlığı düzeylerinin düşük olma nedenleri arasında sosyal bilgiler öğretim programının, öğrenci velilerinin, sosyal bilgiler öğretmenlerin, sosyal bilgiler ders kitaplarının gerekçe gösterildiği tespit edilmiştir. Ayrıca televizyonda yayınlanan tarih programlarının öğrenci seviyesine uygun olmadığı ve tarihsel belgesellerde de donuk bir anlatımın olması nedeniyle öğrencilerin ilgisini çekmediği belirtilmiştir.
Anahtar Kelimeler: Tarih Okuryazarlığı, Öğretmen Görüşleri, Sosyal Bilgiler Öğretimi, Nitel Araştırma
THE ELEMENTS AFFECTING STUDENTS' HISTORICAL LITERACY LEVELS: A QUALITATIVE RESEARCH BASED on TEACHERS’ OPINIONS
Abstract: History teaching is aim to educate students which is knowing the ways to access historical sources and evidence, resources to reach questioning, criticizing, evaluating, also such as causality, chronological thinking, historical empathy skills having. In this study the factors that influence students' levels of literacy history and their causes are discussed based on the opinions of teachers. In this study, interview technique was used as qualitative research method was utilized as a means of data collection. For this purpose, interviews were held with 12 teachers in the study group. “Criteria sampling” method preferred in determining of the study group. Various opinions have been put forward the reasons of students' historical literacy levels are low and solutions directed towards by the participants. It was mentioned that social studies curriculum, students' parents, social studies teachers, social studies textbooks is effective on levels of students' historical literacy. In addition participants expressed that it is not appropriate history programs to the level of student on TV and there is a dull lecture on the historical documentary. So they do not attract the attention of students.
Keywords: Historical Literacy, Teachers’ Opinions, Teaching of Social Studies, Qualitative Research
| Primary Language | Turkish |
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| Submission Date | October 20, 2014 |
| Publication Date | October 20, 2014 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.17497/tuhed.185603 |
| IZ | https://izlik.org/JA59TJ45TM |
| Published in Issue | Year 2014 Volume: 3 Issue: 2 |
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