Turkish Journal of Social Research - Eski Sayılar - Türkiye Sosyal ...
Turkish Journal of Social Research - Eski Sayılar - Türkiye Sosyal ...
Turkish Journal of Social Research - Eski Sayılar - Türkiye Sosyal ...
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Yasin DOĞAN / Erkan DİNÇ<br />
The Use <strong>of</strong> Historical Primary Sources through the<br />
Internet in <strong>Social</strong> Studies and History Classes:<br />
Some Examples from the USA and the UK<br />
Abstract: One <strong>of</strong> the objectives <strong>of</strong> teaching social sciences is to<br />
enable pupils to understand and differentiate what social scientists<br />
do in their pr<strong>of</strong>fesional work. An important aim <strong>of</strong> teaching history,<br />
which is a basic social science, in schools is to make pupils comprehend<br />
what historians do. Reaching the primary evidence, classifying,<br />
analysing and interpreting it are the fundamental parts <strong>of</strong> a<br />
historian’s job. On the other hand, historical primary sources can be<br />
seen in written, visual or some other different forms. In Turkey and<br />
elsewhere, the task <strong>of</strong> collecting and preserving the first hand historical<br />
sources, and making them ready for the use <strong>of</strong> researchers is<br />
in the hand <strong>of</strong> archieve administrations. Another duty <strong>of</strong> archieves<br />
administrations is to contribute teaching and learning activities in<br />
schools. This paper is examined the application models/examples<br />
<strong>of</strong> some developed countries how historical primary sources are turned<br />
into teaching materials and put forward for the use <strong>of</strong> teachers<br />
and primary and secondary school pupils via internet. Firstly, the<br />
related pages <strong>of</strong> the USA’s and the UK’s National Archieves’ web<br />
pages are studied to find out how they contribute to teaching and<br />
learning in schools. Secondly, their educational services are compared<br />
and contrasted to the ones <strong>of</strong> <strong>Turkish</strong> State Archieves. Finally,<br />
the potential and possibilites for using historical primary sources in<br />
teaching <strong>Social</strong> Studies, History and other cou rses is discussed to<br />
<strong>of</strong>fer some suggestions for practice.<br />
Key Words: <strong>Social</strong> studies teaching, history teaching, archives,<br />
evidence, primary sources , the Internet.<br />
1. GİRİŞ<br />
Bu çalışmanın temel motiflerinden biri ilköğretim yedinci<br />
sınıf sosyal bilgiler dersi için yapılan bir araştırma olmuştur. Söz<br />
konusu araştırmada 60 yedinci sınıf öğrencisiyle Devlet Arşivleri<br />
Genel Müdürlüğü’nün çalışma ortamı ziyaret edilerek, öğrencilere<br />
bazı birinci elden kaynakları görme ve inceleme imkanı ile bu kaynakların<br />
tarihçiler tarafından nasıl kullanıldığına tanıklık etmeleri<br />
sağlanmıştır. Uzmanlar için hazırlanmış bu ortama; 12-14 yaşındaki<br />
öğrencilerin göstermiş oldukları ilgi heyecan, merak ve sorgulama<br />
196 TSA / Yıl: 11, S: 2, Ağustos 2007