Pre-Service Social Studies Teachers’ Perceptions of Social Problems
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Purpose: The main purpose of this research isto understand pre-service social studies teachers’ perceptions of social problems.
Design/Methodology/Approach: The phenomenological design was employed in order to investigate pre-service social studies
teachers’ perceptions of social problems. Participants are consisted of eight pre-service social studies teachers. Data was
obtained in the fall semester in 2016-2017 academic year. Semi-structured interviews were used as data collection tool. The
inductive analysis approach was adopted to analysis data.
Findings: As a result of the research, it was revealed that there are similarities between the pre-service social studies teachers’
perceptions of social problems and functionalist (structuralist), confrontational, symbolic interactionist and social constructivist
theories.
Highlights: It was concluded that pre-service social studies teachers’ perceptions of social problem are shaped by different
resources such as family, culture, political groups, and mass media. Besides, it was found that pre-service social studies teachers
did not feel that they have enough skills and experiences about how to teach social problems in the courses.
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