Rebuilding the Past through Dusty Stuff: How Turkish Students Respond to Primary Source-Based Social Studies Education

Autor/inn/en	Akbulut, Melisa; Açikalin, Mehmet
Titel	Rebuilding the Past through Dusty Stuff: How Turkish Students Respond to Primary Source-Based Social Studies Education
Quelle	In: Journal of International Social Studies, 10 (2020) 3, S.3-39 (37 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Açikalin, Mehmet)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2327-3585
Schlagwörter	Primary Sources; Social Studies; Early Adolescents; Grade 7; Middle School Students; Middle School Teachers; Urban Schools; Teacher Attitudes; Student Attitudes; Instructional Effectiveness; Student Interests; Student Motivation; Student Participation; Empathy; Self Expression; Time Management; Group Activities; Foreign Countries; Turkey (Istanbul) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Primärquelle; Gemeinschaftskunde; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Teacher; Teachers; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Lehrerverhalten; Schülerverhalten; Unterrichtserfolg; Studieninteresse; Schulische Motivation; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Empathie; Ausdruck; Zeitmanagement; Gruppenaktivität; Ausland
Abstract	While the use of primary sources in education has long been an object of interest, their adoption is still lacking in social studies courses in Turkey. This work presents the results of a qualitative study conducted with the participation of 37 students and a social studies teacher with the aim to reveal seventh-grade students' and teachers' opinions on primary source-based activities used to teach a social studies unit. Semi-structured interviews, field observation notes, and primary source analysis handouts were used. We find that primary source-based activities helped participants to better understand the lessons, increased interest, motivation, and participation in the course, supported empathy development, and gave students the opportunity to express themselves. Some of the issues that emerged in the use of primary sources were the difficult readability of some of the sources, challenges in managing time effectively, and difficulties experienced by some of the students working in groups. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01