Abstract
The skill of empathy is mentioned among the basic skills included in the Social Studies Course Teaching Program of the Ministry of National Education. The social studies course is one of the most important courses in which students are made to acquire the information, skills and values which are required to become an effective citizen. Communication has an important place in the achievement of these goals. Empathy is very important in the establishment of effective communication. For this reason, the study aimed to examine the concept of empathy, one of the basic skills included in the Social Studies Course Teaching Program. Afterwards, in the study, it was also aimed to reveal if the students taking postgraduate education in universities in Turkey investigated into the skill of empathy included in the social studies course teaching program in terms of carious variables. For this purpose, the master’s and doctoral theses written under the heading of empathy in the field of Social Studies Education at universities in Turkey between the years of 2000 and 2019 and recorded at the official website of the Higher Education Council National Thesis Center were examined. A total of 17 theses were reached. The data of the study was evaluated in tems of the publication year of the thesis, the gender of the researcher, the university where it was published, the sample groups, the methods of investigation and the subjects of investigation. In the study, the document analysis technique, one of the qualitative research methods, was used.
Highlights
Social Studies is an area where all Social Sciences, philosophy and other activities intersect one another
Social Studies is an area of study taking in hand the interaction of human with his physical and social environment with an interdisciplinary approach within time dimension by benefiting from the contents and methods of social and other sciences related to human being and aiming to raise thinking and skillful democratic citizens equipped with basic democratic values related to life in a globalizing world (Doğanay, 2004)
According to Öztürk (2006), social studies is a teaching program using by integrating the information which it takes from social sciences and humanities with the aim of raising effective individuals being able to solve problems under country and world conditions changing in all aspects
Summary
Social Studies is an area where all Social Sciences, philosophy and other activities intersect one another. According to Öztürk (2006), social studies is a teaching program using by integrating the information which it takes from social sciences and humanities with the aim of raising effective individuals being able to solve problems under country and world conditions changing in all aspects. It is stated that the social studies course addresses children aged 9-13 years and knowledge, skills and values which children will acquire in this period will be difficult to change in the advancing ages For this reason, for a child in this age group, the social studies course is of separate importance (Akdağ, 2009). The social studies course aims to raise individuals who are able to think critically in every field by using high level thinking skills, know how to follow the rules, act in harmony with the people around them and have democratic citizenship skills. With the use of empathy in the social studies, it might be possible to raise individuals being in harmony with the society, arranging their lives in accordance with democratic rules, having social sensitivity, being open to novelties and being able to keep up with changes
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