The compatibility of acquisitions with the sub-disciplines at the 4th and 5th year elementary school social studies courses schedule and the determination of the opinions of the school teachers about the use of sub-disciplines: The case study of Çorlu

The aim of this study is to determine the opinions of the teachers about using sub-disciplines in social studies courses of elementary school 4th and 5th year schedules and the compatibility of these disciplines with acquisition.The qualitative and quantitative methods are used together in this research. The elementary school teachers who were selected randomly and who were working at the elementary schools in Corlu, Tekirdag in 2009-2010 school year were the subjects of the research. The sample of the research is consisted of 4th and 5th year elemantary school teachers. The data collection means of acquisition ? sub-discipline table is applied to the 188 teachers who were working in 36 elementary schools of Corlu, Tekirdag. Interviews were made with 32 teachers who were volunteer in the interview.The data has been analysed with the SPSS program. The ANOVA test was used to determine the differences between the groups while comparing the education levels and working periods of the teachers regarding their opinions about using sub-disciplines in social studies courses of elementary school 4th and 5th year students. The results have been showed in the tables.As a result, it was observed that the acquisition of the 4th and 5th year social studies course is compatible with the acquisition of sub-disciplines. There is no significant difference between the opinions of the elementary school teachers about the compatibility of the acquisitions of the 4th and 5th year social studies courses with the sub-disciplines in terms of gender, the institutions, the classes they are teaching and the period of their working years. However, there is an significant difference between the opinions of the 5th year entrepreneurship sub-discipline and the acquisition of social studies courses in terms of their in-service periods. Besides, it was observed that the elementary school teachers are not familier with the concept of sub-discipline and the information given in the school- teacher handbooks about the sub-disciplines is not adequate, so the teachers are trying to figure out the relationship between the acquisition of the social studies courses and sub-disciplines during the classes and as a result of this, the teachers are facing difficulties in teaching the terminologies of the sub-disciplines, especially while teaching the abstract concepts.Key words are: Sub-discipline, acquisition, social studies.