Opinions of administrators, teachers, student and parents on support and training courses in the context of social studies course Samsun province example

The aim of this research is to reveal the problems and solution suggestions encountered in the formal and non-formal education STC (Support and Training Courses) affiliated to the Ministry of National Education within the scope of the Social Studies Course. It is aimed to reveal the opinions of administrators, teachers, students and parents, who are the stakeholders of STC, as well as the problems encountered in STC and their solution suggestions. The case study design was used in the research conducted with the qualitative research method. The study group of the research will consist of 10 Social Studies teachers working in Support and Training Courses in İlkadım district of Samsun province in the 2023-2024 academic year, 10 students participating in the courses, 10 parents whose students are participating in the courses and 10 administrators working in the courses. The data of the research were collected by semi-structured interview technique and the collected data were subjected to descriptive and content analysis. According to the data obtained in the research, the most common problems in the courses are; Absenteeism, difficulties in opening and closing courses, low additional course fees, deduction of wages during public holidays, low insurance of paid teachers, lack of reference books and documents, shortage of servant, lack of communication between stakeholders, courses not continuing until YKS (Higher Education Institutions Exam) and LGS (High School Transition Exam). In the study, STC has been revealed that it has positive contributions such as supporting students in school courses and exams such as YKS and LGS for transition to the next level of education, contributing to teachers in terms of financial and professional development, and providing equal opportunities in education for students who are not in a good financial situation to receive reinforcement in school courses. According to the data obtained from the study and the opinions of the stakeholders, for STC to work more efficiently and actively; The attendance of students should be ensured, level groups should be created, the lack of resources should be eliminated, low fees should be requested from parents, course teachers should be selected other than school teachers, the course curriculum should be rearranged, the shortage of servants should be solved, the physical conditions of the courses should be improved, course application and course selection procedures should be facilitated, teachers' personal rights and working conditions should be improved. KEYWORDS:Support and Training Courses; teacher; student; parent; administrator; school. July 2024, 88 Page