The place and importance of entrepreneurship skills in 6th and 7th grade social studies textbooks

The aim of this study is to determine the level of entrepreneurship skills in Social Studies 6th and 7th grade textbooks. Document analysis model was used in this research. Social Studies 6th and 7th grade textbooks from the 2022-2023 academic year were examined as materials in the study. The research data were accessed using descriptive content analysis method, and the findings were analyzed and interpreted by dividing them into themes and categories. The findings of the research show that entrepreneurship skills are mostly associated with economy in the 6th grade textbook, while the 7th grade textbook emphasizes the personal dimension of entrepreneurship. These two dimensions of entrepreneurship skills were followed by vocational and educational dimensions respectively. In both textbooks, it was understood that the educational dimension of entrepreneurship was included at the lowest rate. Entrepreneurship skill was found to be close to each other in 6th and 7th grade textbooks, while it was found to be included in the 6th grade textbook the most. The fact that some sub-dimensions of entrepreneurship are not included at all in both textbooks reveals that entrepreneurship skills are not sufficiently covered in both textbooks. It is concluded that entrepreneurship skills are not equally distributed in the units, learning areas, text contents and unit evaluation studies in these textbooks, and it would be beneficial for students to give more attention to entrepreneurship skills in both textbooks.