Abstract
THE PLACE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES IN PEACE EDUCATION: OPINIONS OF SOCIAL SCIENCE TEACHERS
Within today’s education system, social sciences is the leading lesson which contributes to peace education. The aim of social sciences is to broaden people’s viewpoints and to make them good citizens, good people. Through social sciences, basic knowledge, skills, notions, and attitudes about peace education can be conveyed (Carter, 2004). Another important factor for peace education in social sciences is social science teachers. The aim of this study is to state opinions of the social science teachers about peace education and to reveal importance of peace education in social sciences. Descriptive method, which is one of the qualitative research methods, is used in the study. Twelve social science teachers, who are chosen with random sampling method and who work in Menemen, İzmir during 2014-2015 academic year, constitude the working group. Datas of the research are collected through semi- structured interview form. Findings are analysed by content analysis method and interpreted after being tabularized with frequency, percentage, and quotations. The datas of study are categorized under themes such as opinions of the social science teachers about peace education, suitability of social sciences to peace education and sufficiency of social science syllabus to peace education. According to the findings, it is understood that the social science teachers hava a general knowledge about peace education, the important of peace education and the place of social sciences in peace education.
Keywords
Social Sciences, Social Science Teacher, Peace, Peace Education
