Investigation of social studies perception of sistem secondary school students by draw-write-tell technique

The aim of this research is to examine the social studies perceptions of Syrian Secondary School students with the draw-write-) design was used. This research consists of 100 Syrian secondary school students randomly selected from public schools in Gaziantep city center and Şahinbey district center in the 2020-2021 academic year. Content analysis method was used in the analysis of the data. The research was carried out in three stages. In the first stage, in order to reveal the social studies perceptions of Syrian Secondary School students, the students were asked to draw five pencil drawings that came to mind when they said social studies. In the second stage of the research, students were asked to choose a drawing that they most associate with social studies among these five drawings and write the reasons why they chose this drawing. At the last stage of the research, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 15 students selected on a voluntary basis. It was determined that history, human geography and physical geography themes were most associated with social studies in student drawings at the last stage. It was also determined that the students had a positive attitude towards social information. A study can be conducted to determine the causes of negative attitudes towards students who do not have a positive attitude towards social studies