The Current Situation of Social Studies Teaching Trainings in Turkey University (2017)

The main purpose of this research is to present the current status of the Department of Social Studies Education in Turkey in 2017. In this study, the number of students studying in Social Studies Education Department in 2017, the number of faculty members working in this department, the number of students enrolled in this department change according to the years and universities and the number of appointments of social studies teaching between 2013-2017. In this study, qualitative research methods were used. While determining the number of students in the department and the base points of the program, the information in the OSYM guide for the last 4 years was taken into consideration in determining the number of faculty members and the internet pages of the related departments were taken into consideration in determining the number of faculty members. According to the results of the research, the Department of Social Studies Education actively carries out education activities in 59 universities in Turkey as of 2017. Based on the quota of LYS, the total number of students in the Department of social studies teaching is 15.639. It is observed that the scores of the Department of social studies teaching are quite variable. The highest score student placed in social studies teacher program in 2016 is 25,800 while the lowest score student's score is 75,900. According to the data of the year 2013-2017, Istanbul University is the University preferred by the highest scores students who are placed in social studies teaching program. As a result of the research, it was determined that the number of students who were placed in the Department of social studies teaching of universities is very high compared to the number of appointments and therefore there are approximately 27,500 people waiting to be appointed. Due to the increase in the number of students waiting for the appointment, the number of candidates taking the ？ABT social studies exam has been gradually decreasing since 2015. According to the results of the study, the number of quotas of Social Studies Education departments in Turkey is reduced; increasing the number of faculty members can be said to be beneficial in terms of quality and achievement of future goals