Character and Values for World Citizenship: The Case of Social Studies Prospective Teachers

Abstract

The aim of the study was to reveal the characteristics and values of social studies prospective teachers for world citizenship. In line with this purpose, the study group of the research consists of 129 (82 Female, 47 Male) prospective teachers who were studying at the Department of Social Studies Education at the Faculty of Education of a state university in the 2019-2020 academic year. The data were collected through a “Personal Information Form” prepared by the researchers and the “Character and Values for World Citizenship Scale” developed by Lee, Yoo, Choi, Kim, Krajcik, Herman, and Zeidler (2013) and adapted into Turkish by Karışan and Yılmaz-Tüzün (2017). The study was conducted using descriptive survey model as a quantitative research method. The data obtained from the data collection tool were analyzed using IBM SPSS 24.0 package program. The results of the research revealed that the Citizenship Knowledge Course taken by the social studies prospective teachers was found sufficient in terms of gender and world citizenship. It was concluded that there was no statistically significant difference in thinking variable while a significant difference existed in the whole scale and some sub-factors in terms of class variable and the sufficiency of science technology and social change lesson in the context of world citizenship.