Lisans Programlarındaki Tarih Derslerinde Birinci El Kaynakların Kullanım Durumu

The purpose of this study is to determine the status of use of primary sources in history courses in undergraduate programs. A descriptive survey method was adopted in the study in which qualitative data collection method and tools were used. The sample of the research consisted of 27 lecturers who taught history courses in Kazım Karabekir Faculty of Education in Ataturk University, Faculty of Letters in Ataturk University and Faculty of Letters in Erzurum Technical University and 70 students who were at the 4th grade of the history education and history departments in these faculties in the 2016-2017 academic year. In the research, semi-structured interview form and open-ended questionnaire form were used together as data collection tools. The data obtained in the study were analysed via content analysis. As a result of the study, it was revealed that the lecturers in their lessons used variety of sources. However, it was determined that they used these sources traditionally in the lessons and they did not use them to develop higher-order thinking skills as explained in literature. In addition to this, the findings obtained both from the lecturers and students revealed that the practical studies about primary sources were limited, student-centred activities were not preferred much, and lecturers mostly showed visuals and introduced them. It is seen that the education that teacher candidates received is not sufficient to use primary sources for educational purposes in secondary education classes.