Primary school students gender perceptions in the context of socialstudies course

The general purpose of this research is to determine the gender perceptions of primary school students in the context of Social Studies course. Scanning design, one of the quantitative research methods, was used in the research. The study group of the research consisted of 493 students studying in the fourth grade of primary school in the city center of Uşak. The data were collected with the "Gender Perception Scale of Primary School 4th Grade Students" developed by the researcher. The data obtained for the first sub-problem of the research were analyzed with the Independent Sample T-Test, and the data obtained for the second and third sub-problems were analyzed with the One-Way ANOVA Test. At the end of the research, it was concluded that female students' perceptions of gender are more egalitarian than male students. In addition, the gender perceptions of the students who continue their education in schools with a high socio-economic level are more egalitarian than the students in other schools. Another result of the study was that as the education level of the parents increased, their children's perceptions of gender were more egalitarian. In line with the information obtained according to the results of the research, suggestions such as increasing the dimensions used in the measurement of gender perception, developing the scope of the factors affecting the perception of gender, conducting applied research on gaining the perception of gender equality in the Social Studies course were presented.