Change and Continuity Perception Skills in Social Studies Curriculum in Turkey and America within the Scope of Teaching Historical Time

Year 2020, Volume: 6 Issue: 1, 1 - 19, 30.04.2020

Burcu Sel , Mehmet Akif Sözer

https://doi.org/10.29065/usakead.649688

Cited By: 7

Abstract

Change and continuity perception skills are among the
fundamental skills of historical thinking. It is important to address these
skills in terms of the content covered in social studies courses and explore
comprehensively with sub-dimensions beyond historical description. The aim of
this study is to compare the change and continuity perception skills addressed
in social studies curriculum in Turkey and the United States of American within
the scope of historical time teaching. A document analysis method was used in
the study and the sample consisted of Social Studies Standards of Education
Department of the State of Michigan and the Social Studies Curriculum of
National Education Ministry of the Republic of Turkey. In analyzing the data,
descriptive statistics and content analysis were employed. The results showed
that the change and continuity perception skills in both programs are
particularly focused on history subjects in 6th and 7th grades. Acquisitions addressing
change and continuity perceptions skills were more diverse in the Social
Studies Standards of the Michigan State and were addressed in courses including
history, geography, individual and society, economics, culture, technology and
agriculture. The perception of change and continuity in the social studies
curriculum of the Republic of Turkey is addressed with a narrow perspective in
topics including history, individual and society, culture and technology.
However, when standards and acqusitions of both education programs were
analyzed, it was found that the chronological aspect of change and continuity
in general and the perception of future are not addressed much and that the
change and continuity experienced in a certain field are not associated with
different fields enough.

Keywords

Değişim ve süreklilik algısı, sosyal bilgiler, Perception of change and continuity, comparative education, social studies, sosyal bilgiler, karşılaştırmalı eğitim, Değişim ve süreklilik algısı

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