Views of Social Studies Teachers on Support and Training Courses

The purpose of this research is to identify the views of social studies teachers working in suptive training courses on courses. In the study, case study pattern which is used frequently in qualitative research has been preferred. To identify the views of social studies teachers about supportive training courses semi-structured interview form has been used. Data has been gathered in 2019-2020 education season and content analysis method has been used in analyzing the data. Study group consists of 21 social studies teachers who both work in secondary schools situated in central Afyonkarahisar and supportive training courses. Most teachers find supportive training courses useful and state the reason of working in them both financial and service score. As to the effects on students while most teachers have mentioned positive effects like equality of opportunity some have stated attention and interest levels of students have decreased due to fatigue. As for the effects on teachers, most have stated positive impacts like financial benefit and service score while some have mentioned negative effects like getting tired. In general teachers have named typical common problems as transportation, nutrition and absenteeism. Accordingly with the findings of the study some suggestions have been made.