Author(s): Mustafa Seker / Language(s): Turkish
/ Issue: 78/2014
Social Studies Lesson is a lesson made up of disciplines that belong to Social Sciences. Social Sciences also deals with the social aspect of human life through various disciplines in its own structure. Social Studies, which is made up of disciplines that belong to Social Sciences, acts as a uniting role on the denominator of fundamental citizenship by utilizing these disciplines. Regarding presentation of various disciplines that belong to Social Sciences after being melted in a pot with a sense of fundamental citizenship, Social Studies has to deal with the “family” institute as well which is at the same time an indispensable element of social life, and acts as a fundamental constituent of the society. The reason is, concept of “family”, one of the most basic components of “society”, which also forms the fundamental of Social Sciences, composes one of the most significant building blocks of the society. Social studies handles the values of the society with a sense of fundamental citizenship, and within the historical process, it is not able to ignore the importance of the term “family”within the scope of this concept, which is one of the most important components that forms the society because of both the programmes prepared and the mission undertaken. 4 inseparably linked components, parents, individuals, family and the society also complement each other. Therefore, when the subject of “family” is dealt with in literature, laying stress on the component “woman”, who is one of the most important elements of family, fills an important void. Thus, “Social Studies”, which deals with the components that form the society within the framework of the disciplines they abide by in a formal order, carries out this task from past to present within the scope of programme prepared. And while performing this duty, it needs a number of materials. Textbooks are one of these most important materials. In this study, the way Social Studies textbooks deal with the terms “family” and “woman” are examined. This is a qualitative study, which was conducted with the method of document review. According to this research, it is seen that the themes of “Family” and “Woman”, which are in the textbooks of the 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th grades are not given adequate coverage. It is noticeable that these two components which have an extremely important place within historical, cultural and social perspective are not dealt with sufficiently in the schoolbooks that students use most. Hence, lack of coverage of themes of “Family” and “Woman” with a proper and planned concept in the Social Studies textbooks contradicts the purpose of the Social Studies, prepared with a concept passing down historic and cultural inheritance from one generation to the next, and the aim of lesson plans prepared towards this end.
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