Social students teachers 'opinions and suggestions on the transition system to high schools put into practice in 2018

In order to enable students to enter the schools they want during their transition to secondary education, a new system (Transition System for High Schools) was introduced in 2017-2018 academic year in Turkey. The aim of this study is to try to explain the activities, opinions and suggestions of the social studies teachers about the new system which is known as the transition to high school which is applied to 8th grade students in the public in 2018 and to include the. The study group of the research consists of 14 social studies teachers who work in public schools in various provinces. Teacher in the study group attend middle school 8th grade classes. In order to collect data, a semi-structured interview schedule was prepared to conduct interviews with teachers. According to the results of the study, the majority of social studies teachers were not satisfied with the transition to the new high school system. By comparing the new system with the old one, the TEOG System, the teachers stated that the TEOG system is much better and that they should return to the TEOG system. In addition, in the new exam system, it is seen that only 10% of the students are placed in the best schools with the central exam score and the remaining majority do not have chances make school choices with their exam scores and have to choose one of the schools closest to their address within the scope of the address-based registration system. Frequent changes of the exam system and names are among the criticized issues and it is stated that instead of changing the exam system and its name radically, deficiencies and defects in the system might be eliminated and the system will be more beneficial. Apart from these, almost all of the teachers stated that although they are forbidden to use and ignore the source books, they do not obey this and they use source books and they have the students ignored. The views expressed by social studies teachers are one of the most admired aspects of LGS. In the History of Revolution and Kemalism test, the question is that the questions are based on understanding, commenting and comprehending beyond asking questions. In line with the opinions of the teachers participating in the interview; weekly hours in social studies are insufficient, even if the student is successful because of the address-based registration system, many students do not want to register in schools, lack of material in schools, parents are unconscious and not enough attention to their children, T.C. It has been reached that the decrease in the number of questions and the coefficient of the history of Turkish Revolution and Atatürkism course discredit the social studies and the level of success in the schools has decreased in general. Based on the results of the research, it was proposed to review the new system and try to eliminate the mentioned deficiencies and problems. Key words: Social Studies, High School Transition System, Address Based Placement System, Central Examination, LGS, Teacher Opinions