Evaluation of support and training courses in the context of social studies teachers' perceptions

The social studies course is an important interdisciplinary field of study for the students in the middle school period in which social acquisitions, citizenship awareness, rights and national values are transferred. Therefore, the studies in this area should realize the objectives of the social studies course by taking into consideration the conditions of the era in which we are involved, and reflect the new educational approaches to the social studies course. Social studies course consists of many disciplines including history, geography and citizenship. Within the teaching processes, teachers carry out activities in order to provide the students with the pre-determined goals with these disciplines. It is not possible for formal and non-formal education institutions to always achieve the objectives within the scope of the program. It can be said that there are obstacles such as crowding of classrooms, inadequate time and individual differences. Therefore, different quests have emerged in institutions, parents and students to achieve these goals. As a result of these searches, different solutions were developed. One of them is Support and Training courses. The aim of this study is to evaluate the views of social studies teachers about Support and Training Courses implemented in primary education institutions since 2014-2015 academic year.