The Effect of Gender Activities İn Social Studies Lesson On The Perception and Attitude of the Primary Education Students
Abstract
The
aim of this study was to investigate the effects of gender activities prepared
by considering such values as being just, respect, freedom and tolerance in
social studies curriculum on the students’ perceptions and attitudes. The
participants of this study was composed of a total of 51 seventh graders in a
secondary school in Tokat province, 26 of which were in the experimental group
while 25 were in control. Developed by the authors, “Gender Attitude Scale” was
used as the data collection tool. Within the scope of the study, social gender
activities lasting eight weeks related to education, economy, politics, social
life and social gender were prepared in order to raise awareness about the
social gender. The Gender Attitude Scale was conducted both before and after
the activities. In order to reveal the difference in the attitudes between the
control and experimental group, pretest-posttest control group design was used.
The mean, frequency, independent groups t-test and Mann Whitney U test were
run. At the end of the research, a meaningful difference on behalf the
students in the experimental group (t=2.219, p<.05) amongst the experimental
process scores of the study group students came out as a result. When
experimental group and control group students’ before and after research
attitude scores are examined, both experimental group students’ and control
group students’ attitude levels in relation to gender presented a meaningful
difference according to sex (p<.05). As a result of the study, the social gender activities
were determined to be effective in raising social gender awareness.
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