CREATIVE WRITING STUDIES OF 5th GRADE STUDENTS IN SOCIAL SCIENCES COURSE
Journal Title: The Journal of International Social Research - Year 2015, Vol 8, Issue 39
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to analyse outcomes of creative writing studies done in scope of “Science, Technology and Society” learning domain in 5th grade Social Sciences class. In this study, document review was used in scope of qualitative research method. Creative writing texts of students were reviewed as documents. Typical case sampling, which is one of purposeful sampling ways, was used in the study. In scope of this sampling, study group of the present research is 5th-grade students in a secondary school which is located in Afyonkarahisar province and of intermediary socio-economical level. Data for this research were collected in the spring semester of 2014-2015 school year. Implementation was completed while the subjects in the learning domain of “Science, Technology and Society” in the 5th grade Social Sciences classes were being taught. The texts written by students in scope of the said creative writing study were used as the dataset for document review in this research. , the expressions (flying skate, steel tree, etc.) that students used in the creative writing studies indicate that they used their imagination. When categories created under the theme of ‘discovery and scientist’ are analysed, it draws attention that the expressions in the creative writing studies of the studies coincide with their Social Sciences class acquisition that “Students recognize common features of inventors and scientists”. The fact that students want to make inventions to make life easier reflects that they acquired entrepreneurship skill which is in scope of Social Sciences class.
Authors and Affiliations
Nil DUBAN
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP267756
- DOI -
- Views 132
- Downloads 0
NARRATION UPON FOUNDATION OF A STATE: THE HİSTORY OF ÂŞIK PAŞAZADE
Of the Tevarih-i Ali Osmans written on foundation period of the Ottoman State, the one written by Âşık Paşazade is in promi-nent place in the literature. Âşık Paşazade erected his book based directly on current period an...
MULTICULTURALISM DEBATE IN TURKEY AND ANATOLIAN ALEVISM
Today's world, the same language, religion, ethnicity and culture of the people who have to live under the umbrella of a single state of a world that has become nearly impossible. Turkey has diversity that received from...
IN THE OTTOMAN TERRITORY
Iranians in the Ottoman territory, especially in Istanbul, came to become a well-organized community in the 19th century. From the beginning of the second half of the century, they played a significant role in spreading...
PRINCE WIED: THE PRINCIPALITY OF ALBANIA IN 1914
In the London Conference of Ambassadors which decided that Albania was autonomous principality in 1913. During the the years of 1913-1914, the history of the Albanian state and down into a lot of important periods: Ismai...
MAIN MOTIVATION FACTORS AFFECTING PARTICIPATION IN CAUSE-RELATED EVENTS: EXAMPLE OF RACE FOR LIFE-FETHIYE
This study aims to identify the main motivation reasons affecting the participation of “Fethiye Race for Life” event which can be considered as a cause-related event and to examine the effects of participants’ motivation...