The evaluation of the secondary school 6th grade social sciences textbook according to teachers' considerations(The sample from Eskisehir)

The aim of this study is to review and evaluate the secondary school sixth grade social sciences textbook according to teachers' considerations and with regard to "the educational institution last mentioned", "the period of service" and "the textbook choice". This study was performed in Eskisehir population at central 49 schools with participation of 151 social sciences teachers during 2015-2016 educational year. A survey consisting of five sections was applied as an evaluation form. In the first section, there are quations raised to get teachers' personal information, and in the second section scientific content takes place; the third section is about language and expression, in the fourth section there is visual design, and in the last one there are fifty-two questions about teachers' sonsiderations about assessment and evaluation. For data obtained from the scale t test, Mann-Whitney U-test and Kruskal-Wallis H test. The results of the analysis, while answers of social studies teachers were not found significant difference of the scale depending on variables which are sex, education and textbook selection, it were determined significant difference of the scale depending on variables service duration. Keywords: Textbook, social sciences, education, teaching.