Examination of classroom teachers' views on the use of multimedia in social studies education

Social Studies course has an important place in the education system as a course that aims to provide students with information on social, cultural, economic, and political issues. Thanks to developing technology, multimedia tools have become an important teaching tool for Social Studies courses as well as other courses. Multimedia appeals to different learning styles of students, concretizes abstract concepts, and makes learning more fun. In this study, which aims to examine the opinions of classroom teachers on the use of multimedia in the fourth-grade primary school Social Studies course, the views of classroom teachers who have previously taught or are currently teaching the Social Studies course were discussed. The research was carried out using a case study design using qualitative research methods, and a semi-structured interview form prepared by the researcher was used as the data collection tool. The research was carried out with all classroom teachers working in a state primary school in Bünyan District of Kayseri Province in the 2022-2023 academic year. The criterion taken into consideration in the research process was that the prospective teachers had previously taught the Social Studies course. The descriptive analysis technique was used in the analysis of the data. The questions in the interview form were directed to the teachers and they were expected to answer. As a result of the research, it was determined that the use of multimedia in the Social Studies course has an important place to appeal to students with different learning styles and to concretize abstract concepts. As a result of the findings obtained from the research, various suggestions were made for teachers to use multimedia in the Social Studies course.