Abstract
INVESTIGATING MA AND Phd THESES ON THE USE OF ORAL AND WRITTEN LITERATURE WORKS IN SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHING
Today's Social Studies curriculum is carried out on the basis of constructivist approach. Some of the teaching tools used by this approach are oral and written literary works. This research is about the examination of graduate theses on the use of oral and written literary works in Social Studies teaching. The data collection process was formatted under 13 variables. No sampling technique was used in determining the theses examined. All the theses reached were hired as data sources. Descriptive and content analysis were used to analyze the data. Some of the findings were tabulated within the scope of frequency and percentage calculations. And some of the findings were expressed in the form of explanations. As a result of the research; made for the use of oral and written literary works in teaching social studies in Turkey were found to be insufficient scientific studies. And suggestions were made in this context.
Keywords
Social Studies, literary works, oral literature, written literature.