Ability H？erarch？es, Reasons and Recommendations of Students and Social Studies Teachers Regarding Ability In Social Studies Curriculum

There are different skills that each student and teacher cares about.In this study, it is desired that the 8th grade students and social studies teachers list the first 5 skill choices among the 27 skills that exist in the social studies program and why they choose these skills. At this point it is important to know their skill hierarchies so that teachers and students have a profound world of skills.In addition, this study will determine what skills are most important to the participants and which skills are most important among the skills in the social studies curriculum.In this study, the case study of qualitative research methods was used.The study group is composed of 30 people from Social Studies Teachers and 117 students from 8th grade students who are working in Sivas province based on the voluntary basis determined by appropriate sampling method in the academic year of 2017-2018. In the analysis of the data obtained within the research, inductive analysis was used from the types of content analysis.As a result; three of the skills that students and teachers rank in the first five communication skills, empathy and problem solving skills are the same. The children to acquire the skills that exist in the social studies program both children and teachers stated that for the first five skills, both parents and teachers should be recruited. In addition to these ideas, the students stated that the environment, friends and teachers from Ataturk should be acquired from the education specialist