An Examination of the Articles on Life Studies and Social Studies Textbooks Between 2005-2018

Taking together the features of the articles written in relation to life studies and social studies textbooks in our country is of importance in terms of shedding light on future studies. The aim of this study is to examine the articles on life studies and social studies textbooks written in our country between 2005 and 2018. Document analysis technique is used in this study which has qualitative research feature. In all articles, the years in which the research was conducted, the journal type published, the purpose of the research, methodology, sampling, data collection tools and data analysis techniques are examined. There are 41 articles in the research, 25 of which are related to social studies, 12 are related to life studies and 4 are related to both life studies and social studies textbooks. The maximum number of these articles in the years of publication is 2012. These articles have also been published in national journals. Among the aims of the examined articles, it was determined that the largest number was the "evaluation of textbooks from a specified point of view". Among the purposes of the articles, the least number is the "comparison of old and new programs". While 32 of the articles are qualitative research and 7 are of quantitative research, 2 is the literature review. Samples of the articles are life studies and social studies textbooks and classroom teachers. In addition, the most commonly used data collection tool is document review and content analysis is the first place in data analysis