Research on historical environments in elementary schools’ social sciences textbooks taught in Northern Cyprus
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A comprehensive study has yet to be carried out depending on the historical environment particular to the Elementary Schools in Northern Cyprus. The aim of this study is hence to determine whether the coverage of historical environment subjects in elementary school social sciences textbooks is absorbed or not by the 4th and 5th Grades in the context of both content and visuals. The method of study analysed has been organised in accordance with the qualitative research. The population was not indicated pursuant to qualitative research and so purposive sampling was implemented. The textbooks used were mainly selected from the afore-mentioned grades and classes. All the data collected were based on the textbooks used during the assessment process. The data was gathered in accordance with the document analysis technique and everything was analysed in detail. The categories used were generated after the authors performed analysis by utilising textbooks. To ensure the validity of the categories, literature scanning was undertaken and expert opinion was taken. The category definitions were written for public access.Moreover, units, titles and sub-titles were chosen as registration units and studied accordingly. Thus, the texts in the textbooks were guaranteed to cover the sufficient coverage and dimension for teaching the subject. The frequency of categories used under the text in historical environment was given and the number of words for the scope was also indicated. The size of visuals used in textbooks was given in accordance with the categories. As a result of the study, while 5th Grade textbooks cover historical environment subjects, there was no indication for the 4th Grade textbooks. Keywords: social sciences, textbooks, North Cyprus, historical environment, elementary school.
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KAŞOT, Nazım; ÖZSEZER, Mete.
Research on historical environments in elementary schools’ social sciences textbooks taught in Northern Cyprus.
Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences, [S.l.], v. 10, n. 4, p. 326-337, dec. 2015.
ISSN 1305-905X.
Available at: <http://sproc.org/ojs/index.php/cjes/article/view/1.8>. Date accessed: 02 dec. 2017.
doi: https://doi.org/10.18844/cjes.v10i4.150.
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