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The aim of this study was to determine the attitudes of teachers towards using digital games in social studies courses. The sample of the study was consisted of social studies teachers and primary school teachers who attend social studies course in secondary schools affiliated to Van District National Education Directorate. Total 192 teachers voluntarily participated in the study. In the study, the Digital Games Utilization Scale (DGUS) was used to collect quantitative data. The data was analyzed using the SPSS 21.0 package program. For the analysis of quantitative data, arithmetic mean, standard deviation, independent sample t-test and One Way ANOVA tests were performed. As a result of the research and based on the findings obtained by using DGUS, it has been determined that there is no significant difference in terms of sub-dimensions of DGUS (attitudes related to the use of digital games in the courses, attitudes related to the negative aspects of digital games, attitudes related to the positive aspects of digital games, attitudes related to the impact of digital games on learning in the classroom on the part of students) and variables such as teachers' age groups, professional seniority, educational status and gender. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this study is to determine the opinions of Social Studies Teacher Candidates on museums and museum education. The study group of the research consisted of social studies teacher candidates studying in the Undergraduate Program of Social Studies Teaching in Van Yuzuncu Yıl University during the 2018-2019 academic year. The study group consisted of 209 teacher candidates totally. In this research, which was conducted with the survey model, open-ended questionnaires were used as a data collection tool. The data gathered through the student's interviews were analyzed by applying descriptive analysis method. When the research results are evaluated in general, ıt is seen that; the majority of teacher candidates in the study group did not go to the museum in their lives; they did not take a lesson/course/seminar related to museum education at school; where they believe that the museum has an important place in education in terms of learning onsite, seeing real ruins of the history and giving information about the past; they believe the necessity of making plan, when they appointed as a teacher. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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