Abstract:

Today, we live in the Information Age, it is observed that a new stakeholder such as technology has been added to the stakeholders of students, programs and teachers, which are the main variables of the teaching process. This new situation in the teaching process has become more evident during the Covid-19 Pandemic we have experienced recently. In the discussions about this new situation, rather than the necessity of technology articulated teaching, how it should be is discussed. Therefore, technology integrated teaching has been at the forefront of educational studies in recent years. The aim of this study is to discuss the place, importance and effect of Augmented Reality (AR) applications, one of the leading technologies of the Information Age, in social studies teaching. The method of the compilation study is documentary analysis, and the data were obtained from scientific documents (documents) selected according to certain criteria from the relevant literature. These documents were scanned with descriptive analysis in line with the general purpose and sub-purposes of the study, and the reflections of AR and AR applications in education in general and social studies teaching in particular were examined. In these examinations, the scanned documents were read, first described, then interpreted, and finally certain inferences were made. As a result of the study, it was concluded that the reflections of AR applications on education are a necessity of the Age; In terms of the subject, it was understood that these reflections support academic success, affective development and the effectiveness of the school in social studies teaching. Another result reached in the study is the determination that there are many more steps to be taken in the context of the curriculum and teaching process in the integration of AR applications into social studies teaching.