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It is important to reveal the views of secondary school students on saving, in order for the content of social studies education to prevent wastage to be successful. In this context, the aim of the research is; The aim of this study is to examine the opinions of secondary school students about the savings. In the study, which was designed in the basic qualitative research design, the participants were determined according to the purposive sampling method. The study group consisted of 135 secondary school students studying in 3 different secondary schools in Afyonkarahisar city center in the spring semester of the 2019-2020 academic year. The research data were collected with an open-ended questionnaire prepared by the researcher by taking expert opinions. In the first part of the questionnaire, there are questions describing the gender, class level, educational status of the parents, the number of people working in the family, the ways of saving used in the family and the sources of information about saving. The second part consists of 4 questions prepared in order to reveal the opinions of the students about the savings value. Descriptive analysis was used in the analysis of the research data, and the themes and codes created in order to ensure reliability in the analysis process were presented to the opinion of the field expert and consistency analysis was carried out. The data obtained as a result of the analyzes were tabulated and presented with frequencies and supported by direct quotations. As a result of the research; they explained saving with the concepts of not wasting water-electricitybread/ food, not spending unnecessary money, using it sufficiently and consciously, being sensitive, sharing the surplus, not harming the nature, family and habit. Students who think that resources such as water, electricity, money and food that they use most in their daily lives should be saved, in order for people to save; They made suggestions such as resources could be depleted, they should use water and electricity sparingly, life would be easier, they should not waste food, and they should contribute to the country's economy and family budget. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study aims to identify the relationship between secondary school teachers' organizational support perceptions and their organizational cynicism attitudes. The population of this relational survey included 1,602 teachers who were working at the 55 secondary schools located in central Elazig during the 2016-2017 school year. A total of 389 teachers working at 13 randomly selected schools from among these were distributed the data collection tool. However, tools from only 319 teachers were ultimately analyzed. The results showed that secondary school teachers agreed with the organizational support and justice and organizational ownership sub dimensions and the entire scale, while they partially agreed with the personal and professional development sub dimension. The organizational support perceptions of teachers who did not consider leaving their schools were higher than those who were considering or partly considering leaving. Teachers' organizational cynicism levels manifested at the highest level in the behavioral domain, followed by the cognitive and affective domains. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

One of the biggest problems of the educators who carry games to classrooms is not being able to evaluate games in the viewpoints of children. The issue of whether children see games as a tool or as a purpose may contribute to the use of games in educational environments. Is a game an activity or a means for socializing for a child? Is it an individual activity or a group activity? Is it a free time activity or does that mean being active? The answers to these questions that will be given by children will enable us to explain games in a detailed manner in hypothetical terms and organize more planned activities for using games in educational environments. On this context, the purpose of the present study is to examine the perceptions of primary school 4th grade and secondary school 5th-6th grade children towards their games. The study was conducted with 231 students studying at primary and secondary schools located in the city center of Erzincan. During the course of the study, the "Children's Perceptions of Their Play Scale (CPTP)" was employed. The scale was developed by Barnett (2013) and was adopted into Turkish by the authors of the study. It may be claimed that games are considered as being social and dealing with something by the students studying at the 4th grades of primary schools and 5th-6th grades of secondary schools, who participated in the study. Among the reasons stated by the students for playing games "To Entertain" was in the first place; and "I play games to learn" ranked the last. The meaning of a game activity was "Active Play" for children, who stated that they played games "To Learn Something". Among the results of the study, the participating students stated that they did not like being passive during their learning processes. It was also determined in the study that students prefer playing games in groups more, these preferences of theirs change according to the grade variable, and the majority of children cannot decide on their games and on what to play. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Raising a 'good citizen' is one of the most important purposes of states. Hence, schools are the most important institutions in citizenship education. Since citizenship education covers in-class and out-class activities, teachers have a crucial role in the success of education process. Citizenship education starts in families, so parents are also responsible for citizenship education. Since previous studies which were done other scholars mostly focused on opinions of teachers and students rather than parents, this study aimed to contribute parents' opinion to the field. In this study, phenomenological research design was utilized, and also the data collected by semistructured interview form. The working group consisted of the 16 parents of middle school students who are studying in provinces of Istanbul and Adiyaman in Turkey. These shown that student's parents want to raise good citizens for both country and community. They also have emphasized that a 'good citizen' has good behaviors such as protecting public properties, obeying rules and laws, making good relationships with their families and other people, serving in the army, paying taxes and helping others. According to the parents, both teachers and parents have common responsibilities in raising of the children as good citizens. Based on these conclusions, it can be concluded that teachers and parents need to do more work together in the process of raising 'good citizen'. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the study, the aim is to evaluate Support and Training Course in terms of its application process, benefits, problems and various suggestions. Typical case sampling was used in the study. Semistructured interview technique was employed for this research. The data was analyzed and interpreted through content analysis method. 14 middle school teachers participated in the study. Findings revealed that application process of the courses was not completely democratic because of various reasons. Teachers' financial gain and opportunity of compensation were defined as the most significant benefits. High level of absenteeism and need for material were stated as the most important problems. Material supply, periodic evaluations and social activities were among teachers' primary suggestions and expectations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]