Turkish Social Studies Teachers’ Thoughts About the Teaching of Controversial Issues

Abstract: In today’s world, one of the primary goals of education is to raise individuals as citizens equipped with the skills of communication, high-level thinking, problem solving and questioning as well as with a global viewpoint. Introducing controversial issues into the classroom environment may be among the steps to be taken to achieve these goals. In this context, this study has the primary goal of revealing Social Studies teachers’ thoughts about the teaching of controversial issues in the classroom environment. This study adopted mixed methods. The study participants consisted of Social Studies teachers working in Bursa, which is a large-scale province of Turkey, in the 2014-2015 school year. According to the study findings, while terror was the most controversial issue, faith in creation was the least controversial issue. In addition, teachers mainly preferred to introduce issues related to the Social Studies curriculum and that were appropriate for the students’ preparednes.... http://www.jsse.org/index.php/jsse/article/view/795

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Turkish Social Studies Teachers’ Thoughts About the Teaching of Controversial Issues ; volume:15 ; number:2 ; day:02 ; month:06 ; year:2016 ; Journal of social science education ; 15, Heft 2 (02.06.2016)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Copur, Ahmet ; Demirel, Muammer

Further information

• DOI: 10.4119/jsse-795
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2019011816555953336953
• Rights: Open Access unbekannt; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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