Sosyal Bilgiler öğretiminde empati ve sosyal bilgiler öğretmenlerinin empatik becerilerinin bazı değişkenlere göre incelenmesi

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Thesis Type: Doctorate

Institution Of The Thesis: Ataturk University, Eğitim Bilimleri Enstitüsü, İlköğretim Anabilim Dalı, Turkey

Approval Date: 2013

Thesis Language: Turkish

Student: Meral Elikesik

Principal Supervisor (For Co-Supervisor Theses): Mete ALIM

Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection

Abstract:

This study was carried out with the aim of determining the importance of empathy and situation of Social Studies teachers? empathic according to some variances. In the study, quantitative and qualitative patterns were used together. Determining the empathic skills of Social Studies teachers in terms of some variances makes up the quantitative scope of the study. And in the qualitative scope of the project, views of teachers regarding the feasibility of empathy in the teaching of Social Studies were tried to be presented. Social Studies teachers serving in 2010 ? 2011 Education year in Erzurum City, Aziziye, Palandöken and Yakutiye counties make up the population of the research. For the project to achieve its objective and for the sub-problems of it to be answered, diversification has been made by means of using different data collecting methods. In method diversification multi-data collecting methods such as Semi Constructed Interview, Empathy Tendency Scale (EEÖ) and Document Study.Empathy Tendency Scale (EEÖ) developed by Dökmen(1988) was used in order to determine the empathic skills of teachers in terms of some variances. The data obtained conveniently for its purposes was analyzed using frequency in SSPS (f), percent (%), arithmetic average ( ), Kruskal Wallis Test and t-test. According to findings, average of empathy skill points of Social Studies teachers changes according to variances of gender, education level, professional position, the last field finalized (in teaching / considered essential in the profession), attendance to the on the job training course.For the aim of determining the importance of empathy in Social Studies teaching, semi constructed interview of qualitative data collecting was used. Descriptive analyzing technique was used for the analyzing of data and obtained data was presented through digitizing. According to findings, teachers of social studies know what the empathy is and that they think it should be used in the teaching of Social Studies. However, according to the results of Empathy Tendency Scale (EEÖ), it cannot be said that empathy levels of the teachers of Social Studies is as much as they are required. Therefore, it is thought that lessons, courses, resources and activities are required so as to improve the empathy skills of Social Studies Teachers. Key Words: Empathy, Empathic Skill, Social Studies Teacher, Communication