Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
International Journal of Social Science Research, cilt.7, sa.2, ss.326-350, 2018 (Hakemli Dergi)
Social Studies is a multi disciplinary learning area that aims to adapt the
individual to the society in which he/she develops knowledge, skills and
attitudes appropriate to changing world andcountry conditions. The most
basic material in theim parting of Social Studies course are textbooks.
Textbooks are the most important material that affects the learning level of
the students and contributes to the processing of the course. Learning activities
constitute the most important part of thetextbooks. Learning activities are the
activitiesthat provide th estudentsto be transferred in a planned and controlled
way. Moreover, it is of great importance to ensure the active participation of
the students in the course. In the present study, the learning activities in the
Social Sciences 5th grade textbook, which was adapted to the new
curriculumbyre organizing the primary and secondary education programs by
the Board of Education of the Ministry of National Education on January 13,
2017, were discussed. Qualitative research method was used to determine the
adequacy of activities in terms of compliance with subject gains, to attract
students' interest and learning, and the research findings were reached by
document analysis. According to the findings, it is determined that there are 7
learning area sin the new Social Studies Curriculum and these learning areas
are used instead of units. These learning areas; Individual and Society, Culture
and Heritage, People Places and Environments, Production Distribution and
Consumption, Science Technology and Society, Active Citizenship and
Global Connections. After the investigation, it was found that the textbooks
had more space for learning activities in the current system, where there were
no student work books