Investigation of effective citizenship qualifications of social study teachers in terms of various variables

In this study, it was aimed to examine the effective citizenship competencies of social studies teacher candidates in terms of various variables. The research is in scanning model. The study group of the research consists of 129 teacher candidates who continue their education in Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University, Faculty of Education, Department of Social Studies Education in the 2022-2023 academic year. 90 of the teacher candidates are female and 39 of them are male. The 'Effective Citizenship Competencies Scale' developed by Sağlam (2011) was used as a data collection tool in the research. The data obtained in the research were analyzed using the IBM SPSS 21 package program. The findings are presented with tables and discussed by scanning the literature. As a result of the research, it was determined that there was a significant difference in the effective citizenship competencies of social studies teacher candidates in terms of gender variable. This difference is in favor of female teacher candidates. In the study, it was determined that the first-year teacher candidates' attitudes towards effective citizenship competencies were the lowest, and the third and fourth-grade students were the highest. It was determined that there was no significant difference in the variables of age, parental education level, and parental employment status. When the results of the research were evaluated, it was seen that effective citizenship competencies in the type of high school graduated were higher in science high school and Anatolian teacher high school graduates. Suggestions were made in line with the research findings.