PROSPECTIVE SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHERS' PERCEPTIONS ON THE CONCEPT OF "CITIZEN(SHIP)"

PROSPECTIVE SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHERS' PERCEPTIONS ON THE CONCEPT OF "CITIZEN(SHIP)"

The concept of citizenship had its roots in ancient Greek and Rome and showed great change anddevelopment in the modern age when nation-states rose. Many states were affected by thisprocess of change and development of this concept. Turkey that transformed from empire tonation-state also had to adapt itself to these changes. So, the Republic of Turkey attached crucialimportance to citizenship education based on the experience from the period of the OttomanEmpire. Thus, the Turkish Republic benefited from educational practices to gain citizens commoncitizenship identity. This function of education remains valid today. This study aimed to revealprospective social studies teachers’ metaphors regarding citizenship which has an importantplace in social studies education and the basis of citizenship education. A total of 139 prospectivesocial studies teachers, studying at a state university in the Western Black Sea region of Turkey inthe 2017-2018 academic year, voluntarily participated in the study. The phenomenologicalmethod, one of the qualitative research methods, was used. The data were collected by askingthe prospective teachers: "Citizen(ship) is like/looks like............. Because..............". The data wereanalyzed by content analysis. The prospective social studies teachers’ metaphors regarding theconcept of citizenship were a flower, family, water, tree, sun, breath, earth, vein, ant, society,light, mineral, oxygen, seed.

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Uluslararası Avrasya Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi-Cover
  • ISSN: 2146-1961
  • Yayın Aralığı: Yılda 4 Sayı
  • Başlangıç: 2010
  • Yayıncı: Prof. Dr. Kadir ULUSOY