How Do Asylum Seeker Students Make Sense of Social Studies?
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Amaç: Türkiye'deki sığınmacı öğrencilerin gelişim ve uyum süreçlerinde sosyal bilgiler dersi öne çıkmaktadır. Bu araştırma, Türkiye'deki sığınmacı öğrencilerin sosyal bilgiler dersine ilişkin görüşlerini ortaya çıkarmayı amaçlamaktadır.
Yöntem: Çalışmada nitel araştırma yaklaşımı benimsenmiştir. Veriler görüşme tekniğiyle elde edilmiştir. Son üç yılını Türkiye'de geçiren on sığınmacı öğrenci bu araştırmaya katılmıştır.
Bulgular: Araştırma sonucunda, sığınmacı öğrenciler sosyal bilgiler dersinin kolay, eğlenceli ve faydalı bir ders olduğunu, gerçek hayatla ilgili konuları ele aldığını, yaşamda karşılaşılan sorunlara çözüm üretme becerisi kazandırdığını, tarih ve coğrafyada zaman ve mekan algısını geliştirdiğini ve konuşarak ve bir şeyler paylaşarak sosyalleşmelerine olanak sağladığını belirtmişlerdir. Sosyal bilgiler dersinde göç ve insan haklarıyla ilgili konuları beğendiklerini, ancak tarih konularını anlamakta zorlandıklarını ifade etmişlerdir. Öğrenciler sosyal bilgiler dersinde hayati ve güncel konuları, haklar ve vatandaşlık konularını öğrenmekte ve Türkiye ile Atatürk'ü tanımaktadırlar. Sosyal bilgiler dersinin içeriğiyle ilgili olarak, öğrenciler dersin göç konusuna daha fazla yer vermesini ve kendi ülkelerinin kültürü, tarihi ve coğrafyasına değinen konuları içermesini istemişlerdir. Ayrıca sosyal bilgiler dersinde daha fazla uygulama yapılmasını da talep etmişlerdir.
Sonuçlar: Araştırmanın sonucunda, sosyal bilgiler dersinin somut hale getirilebileceği ve görsel materyallerle öğretilebileceği, ayrıca bu dersin daha aktif, işbirlikçi ve kapsayıcı sınıf içi etkinliklerle zenginleştirilebileceği önerilebilir.
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