Abstract
The aim of this study is to analyze the perception of pre-service social studies teachers (PSSTs) about the concept of election via metaphors. A study group of this work consisted of 61 PSSTs from NiAŸde University, Faculty of Education, Social Studies Teaching Department. Implementation and data collection was done in 2014 to 2015 academic year. Thoughts of PSSTs about the concept of the election were analyzed by metaphorical analysis and content analysis. The PSSTs produced 42 metaphors and from an analysis of these metaphors, 8 categories were identified: election as a source of preference, election as a source of fallacy/time wasting, election as a source of diversity, election as a source of rivalry/race, election as a source of impact, election as a source of uncertainty, election as a source of tranquility, and election as a source of expectation. Key words: Social studies, pre-service social studies teachers, election, and metaphor.
Highlights
One of the ways to govern people is the periodical and free elections
Some definite findings are obtained from the research that aims to investigate the perceptions of pre-service social studies teachers (PSSTs) on the concept of "election" via metaphor analysis
This pioneering research is conducted via the metaphorical analysis of PSSTs on the concept of election
Summary
One of the ways to govern people is the periodical and free elections. The source of governing the country is the people who are called citizens. Citizens need mechanisms so that they can explain their preferences and wills. The first of these mechanisms is the concept of election The large scale needs are: (1) elected governors, (2) free, fair and frequent elections, (3) freedom of expression, (4) alternative source for information, (5) corporate autonomy, and (6) inclusion of citizens The concept of election is highlighted in the first two statements of Dahl’s first two points
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