Abstract
The aim of this study is to evaluate the course book of Citizenship and Democracy Education in terms of Social Studies teachers' views. Among quantitative research methods, scanning technique is used in this study. The study is conducted on 75 Social Studies teachers working in Hatay and Nigde in 2013-2014 academic year. A survey which is developed by Guven (2010) about the course book of 8 th grade Citizenship and Democracy Education is applied for Social Studies teachers and SPSS 16.0 statistic program is used for analyzing the data. According to data, it is obtained that 8 th grade course book of Citizenship and Democracy Education is sufficient enough in many aspects. However, it is inferred from the data that educational attainments fail to develop scientific thinking method and they also fail to lead students to research and to observe, concepts are not suitable for students' levels, preparatory work is unable for students to think enough, information fails to structure in mind and finally assessment and evaluation questions are insufficient for determining information, ability, attitude and values.
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