Social Studies Education

ABSTRACT

Plagiarism that is defined as stealing someone’s idea is an important issue in all educational levels. Several studies have reported that university students particularly those who prepare projects have high levels of plagiarism rates. Having reviewed the articles on plagiarism, this research is designed to uncover social studies candidates’ thoughts and perceptions about plagiarism. Working group of the research is designed according to phenomenological model which consists of 12 teacher candidates who are studying at departments of social studies education at Necmettin Erbakan University. As a part of Human Rights and Democracy and Citizenship Knowledge courses, 12 articles selected out of 137 by using purposive sampling method with criterion sampling method. Turnitin Program colours (blue, green, yellow and orange) which show plagiarism rates made by teacher candidates are used as criteria. Semi-structured interviews will be conducted with teacher candidates, who selected articles and have knowledge on plagiarism. The obtained data will be evaluated and interpreted by content analysis method. First, at the end of the research, the opinions of teacher candidates about academic ethics and plagiarism will be determined. In addition, the reasons of social studies teacher candidates’ different levels of plagiarism will be questioned. Third, the sources and methods which were used by the candidates in preparing their articles will be evaluated. Lastly, some recommendations will be presented based on the results of the research to avoid plagiarism.

ÖZET

Bir başkasının fikrini çalmak olarak bilinen intihal, eğitimin tüm kademelerinde karşılaşılan önemli bir sorundur. Birçok araştırmada özellikle üniversite öğrencilerinin hazırladıkları proje çalışmalarında çeşitli oranlarda intihal yaptıkları tespit edilmiştir. Literatürdeki mevcut araştırmalar inceledikten sonra çeşitli intihal oranlarına sahip makalelere ilişkin sosyal bilgiler öğretmen adaylarının intihal hakkındaki algılarını ve görüşlerini belirlemek için tasarlanmıştır. Olgubilim desenine göre tasarlanan araştırmanın çalışma grubunda, Necmettin Erbakan Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilgiler Öğretmenliği bölümünde okuyan 12 öğretmen adayı yer almıştır. İnsan Hakları ve Demokrasi ile Vatandaşlık Bilgisi dersleri kapsamında hazırlanan 137 makaleden amaçlı örnekleme yöntemlerinden kriter örnekleme yöntemine göre 12 makale seçilmiştir. Kriter olarak Turnitin Programı’nda öğretmen adaylarının yaptığı intihal oranlarını gösteren renkler (mavi, yeşil, sarı ve turuncu) kullanılmıştır. Seçilen makaleleri hazırlayan ve intihal hakkında bilgi sahibi olan öğretmen adaylarıyla yarı-yapılandırılmış görüşmeler yürütülecektir. Elde edilecek veriler, içerik analizi yöntemiyle değerlendirilecek ve yorumlanacaktır. Araştırma sonunda sosyal bilgiler öğretmen adaylarının akademik etik ve intihal yapma hakkındaki düşünceleri belirlenecektir. Ayrıca çeşitli intihal oranlarına sahip olan adayların intihal yapma gerekçeleri sorgulanacaktır. Bunların yanı sıra adayların makalelerini hazırlarken kullandıkları kaynaklar ve yöntemler değerlendirilecektir. Araştırma sonuçlarına bağlı olarak intihalden kaçınma yolları hakkında bazı öneriler sunulacaktır.

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Music has been an integral part of humanity’s culture for millennia. Like many other artifacts of culture, songs have: expressed a range of feelings, informed listeners of historical and political issues, and provoked social awareness and change at every level of sophistication. In nearly all corners of the globe, music is woven deeply into the fabric of life and significantly affects and reflects the contexts in which it is written and shared. Our almost universal passion for music, bolstered by its importance as an artifact of culture and history, has not resulted in the integration of musical forms and texts in our classrooms in any systematic or conspicuous way. In that context, we propose a framework for integrating music in the social studies classroom. Our example comes from two individuals who lived very different lives, yet experienced some tragic parallels confronting fascism at various points in history. The music and writing these individuals left behind enable us to explore best practices in social studies and literacy in particularly engaging ways.

This article introduces the social studies field to Dorothy Heatchote’s Mantle of Expert (MOE). MOE is a dramatic inquiry approach used in several subject areas and can work at all levels in the social studies curriculum. The authors go into the development of using this approach in an elementary and middle teacher education program. After sharing their modeling approach with preservice teachers in an elementary social studies methods course, the authors address what it means for preservice teachers to construct their own MOE social studies lesson plans and how teachers must think of their role as a performing art.

The study is entitled “Influence of Gender on Entrepreneurial Intentions of Undergraduate Social Studies Students of Ahmadu Bello University-Nigeria.” The study is specifically aimed at determining the entrepreneurial intentions of undergraduate Social Studies students of Ahmadu Bello University-Nigeria in relation to their gender. A corresponding research question and null hypothesis are formulated. The population of the study consisted of all 400 level final year students of Social Studies as at 2015/2016 academic session. A total number of 114 students of Social Studies are purposively used. The study adapted Entrepreneurship Intention Questionnaire (EIQ) after extensive literature review and developed a modified one titled “Social Studies Entrepreneurial Intention Questionnaire (SOSEIQ). The instrument is duly validated and 0.896 reliability coefficient is realised using Cronbach alpha formular. Arithmetic mean and standard deviation are used in answering the question raised by the study and independent samples t-test is used in testing the null hypothesis formulated by the study. The study discovered that there is significant difference in the mean entrepreneurial intentions scores of male and female undergraduate Social Studies students in Ahmadu Bello University-Nigeria. The study among other things offers some recommendations for policy makers and educators while formulating policies and pedagogical interventions for undergraduate Social Studies students.

This qualitative study examines how critical reflexivity is manifested in and enacted by seven Social Studies teachers, in the Singaporean context of ethnic diversity, increased affluence and socio-political constraints. The cases show that critically reflexive teachers are strongly influenced by their lived experiences to develop good self-understanding and a deep sensitivity to systemic inequalities around them. Critical reflexivity presents as a continuum, with most teachers working towards improving their students' critical thinking and awareness to inequity through their teaching, while some undertake personally transformative journeys that also effect change in their immediate communities. Findings provide insights on the motivations behind critically reflexive attitudes, and also point to factors that hinder a greater development of critical reflexivity. We suggest that critical reflexivity attitudes can be developed in teachers via programs such as currere, for enhanced teaching practice. Findings also highlight the nuances in the nature of citizenship values in the Asian context, suggesting that critical reflexivity involves small and subtle actions of change and agency in teacher-practitioners.

is an important alternative for students not likely to participate in semester-long or yearlong international study abroad programs. The authors present an assessment of their short-term study abroad program, Environmental and Cultural Conservation in Latin America. The authors show that STSA programs appeal to students not currently choosing to go abroad. The authors use four specific strategies to create outcomes that allow them to meet some of the goals of longer term study abroad. These strategies include (a) making links to campus coursework, (b) conducting community-based research, (c) participating in community service learning, and (d) emphasizing research skills and interdisciplinary connections. The assessment showed that STSA resulted in altered course of study, subsequent travel or study abroad, increased interest in interdisciplinary studies, and influenced perceptions regarding globalization.

ÖZ Bu araştırma; Vatandaşlık ve Demokrasi Eğitimi dersinde yer alan değerlerin öğrenilme düzeylerinin öğrencilerin içinde yaşadığı çevre ile olan ilişkisini öğretmen görüşlerine göre değerlendirmek amacıyla yapılmıştır. Araştırmanın katılımcıları Kars ilinin merkez okullarında, Kağızman ilçesinde ve Kağızman'a ait köylerde bu dersi veren toplam 32 öğretmendendir. Araştırmada nitel araştırma yöntemlerinden bütüncül çoklu durum deseni kullanılmıştır. Katılımcıları belirlemek için ise amaçlı örnekleme yöntemlerinden maksimum çeşitlilik örneklemesi yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Elde edilen veriler daha önceden belirlenmiş temalara göre yorumlandığı için betimsel analiz yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Bulgular öğretmen görüşleri arasında neden-sonuç ilişkisi kurularak yorumlanmıştır. Yapılan değerlendirmelerin ardından bazı önerilerde bulunulmuştur. ABSTRACT The purpose of this research is to determine the relation between learning levels of values in Citizenship and Human Rights course and the role of environment where students live based on the teachers' perceptions. Participants of the research are selected among teachers who teach this lesson in central schools, district and village schools in Kars. The service zones of schools determined by the Ministry of National Education based on the development level of the schools are considered. Among purposeful sampling methods, maximum variety sampling method is used to reflect individual variety in a small setting. The reason why we chose this sampling method in this study is to detect whether common features are observed in various situations in the targeted * Bu çalışma Marmara Üniversitesi tarafından 20-22 Nisan2012 tarihleri arasında düzenlenen I. Uluslararası Sosyal Bilgiler Eğitimi Sempozyumu'nda sözlü bildiri olarak sunulmuştur.

This study explored the effectiveness of a science camp on children's views of the tentative nature of scientific knowledge. The method used to do so was a synthesized methodology of explicit reflective guided-inquiry, and several explicit Nature of Science (NOS) activities. The participants were 24 children who were at the 6 th and 7 th grades. VNOS D questionnaire was applied at the beginning and end of the science camp. All of the children were also interviewed in order to validate the questionnaire and enrich the data. The qualitative data were analyzed by using interpretive analysis. The results showed that more children accepted the tentativeness of scientific knowledge at the end of the camp. The children's ideas about tentativeness of scientific knowledge in dinosaurs and meteorology domains were largely affected by the context of the questions especially at the beginning of the science camp.