Academic perception perceptions of universities in development

It is unthinkable that human beings can live on their own as an individual outside society, and since the world has existed, people need to live with people other than themselves in order to meet their needs such as housing, nutrition and security. This provided continuity and continuity of the social process. Throughout the history of humanity, many fractured human beings have suddenly increased the economic, technological and educational differences between countries with the age of information and technology. Due to socioeconomic, geopolitical and sociocultural reasons, these differences were observed even in different regions of the same country. As we mentioned in our study, countries have aimed to provide more comfortable and peaceful lives thanks to economic, technological and educational developments. they have tried to improve their quality of life and quality. The human being, who is both the subject and the object of development, becomes qualified with education and can carry out the development process effectively. Development can only be achieved through education. This situation brings the educational institutions to the forefront and shows how important it is for human beings. Universities aiming to train qualified manpower are one of the important steps of development. In recent years, it has been observed that the activities of universities in Turkey and in the world have increased. The fact that universities provide direct cash inflow through the housing, transportation and social expenditures to the city where they are established enables the region to relax economically. In our country, which has made serious efforts towards becoming an industrial state, the projects that support agricultural activities such as agriculture faculties have a direct impact on the economic infrastructure of the state and society, and the faculties of engineering faculties under the current universities continue to contribute directly to the industry and technology with the new projects they offer. Especially, studies in the fields of medicine, chemistry and engineering have been achieved through university-industry cooperation and big gains have been achieved. The general aim of this research is to determine the views of social studies teachers about the role of universities in development. In order to achieve this general purpose, qualitative research method was used and the data obtained in the study were subjected to content analysis and given as sub-themes. It can be said that the social studies teachers who constitute the working group have different perceptions about the subject..