The Heroes That Middle School Students Want to Know in Social Studies Course

Abstract

In Social Studies course, people can be utilized in the context of many different subjects such as wars, social development, scientific developments, and social activities. In this context, life stories, products or achievements of people can be used as examples in Social Studies courses. This study, which aims to determine the heroes that middle school students want to know in Social Studies course, was designed in the form of basic qualitative research, and the participants of the study were determined through criterion sampling. The research was conducted with 245 middle school students attending schools at different socio-economic levels in the center of Afyonkarahisar province. A semi-structured interview form was used to collect the data. The data were analyzed through descriptive analysis. As a result of the research, the heroes that middle school students want to recognize in the social studies course are discussed under the themes of science, literature, visual art, music, media, economy, sports, history and cartoon / PC game heroes. For almost all of these themes, middle school students stated that the heroes, who are included in the Social Studies lessons in limited numbers, are mentioned superficially, that they would like to get to know these heroes more closely and in detail, and that they would like to know the secret of their success and their inspiring aspects