Abstract
While immigrant students, who live in Turkey, have their own values at home, they encounter Turkish culture and values at school and in their social life. This situation brings along certain tensions in identity formation processes. Citizenship education aims to prepare students for social life by providing them with the necessary knowledge and skills to grow up as democratic citizens. Therefore, citizenship education has an important function in the identity formation of children. Therefore, citizenship education has an important function in the identity formation of children. The aim of this research is to determine teachers’ views about citizenship subjects regarding identity formation and citizenship awareness in the context of social studies literacy. Case study, which is one of the qualitative research methods, was used in this study. Data was gathered via a semi-structured teacher interview form. The data of the research was obtained via Social Studies teachers that work in Secondary Schools in Hatay, Turkey, during 2019-2020 academic year. For this purpose, semi-structured interviews were performed with 15 Social Studies teachers. Descriptive analysis technique was used to analyze the data obtained as a result of semi-structured interviews. The data obtained from the research was evaluated; the findings were defined and interpreted. Accordingly, it was concluded that citizenship issues have a unifying and integrating structure, both individually and socially, in identity formation and realizing citizenship awareness, and also influence the adoption of social rules and transforming them into behavior.
Highlights
The concept of literacy is the ability to convey thoughts and feelings to others in written or verbal form, to perceive correctly what the other person says and write, and to use the acquired information effectively (Güneş, 2000)
Various questions were asked about the identity formation and citizenship awareness of immigrant students, and the interview findings were coded in line with the answers received
When the answers given by the Social Studies teachers about the identity formation and citizenship awareness of immigrant students were examined, it was seen that; teachers defined the immigrant students as individuals who are loyal to the country and aware of their fundamental rights responsibilities, knowing national values and striving to live and maintain their traditions and cultures
Summary
The concept of literacy is the ability to convey thoughts and feelings to others in written or verbal form, to perceive correctly what the other person says and write, and to use the acquired information effectively (Güneş, 2000). Literacy includes a phenomenon, and phenomena in general terms It takes different meanings when it comes before different names (Altun, 2005). In the context of social studies, citizenship issues are discussed within the dimension of social studies literacy, regarding identity formation and citizenship awareness of immigrant children. The views of Social Studies teachers were asked on citizenship subjects in the context of social studies literacy, regarding the identity formation and citizenship awareness of immigrant children. Considering national issues the aim of Social Studies subject is to educate people in order to make them aware of their rights and responsibilities, perceive the concept of citizenship completely and realize their identity formation. Social Studies subject assumes the responsibility in order to prepare children for the future regarding identity formation and develop citizenship awareness.
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