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The aim of the research is to investigate the experiences of teachers and students on the application of current events in secondary school social studies course. The research was carried out according to the case study design among qualitative research methods. The participants of the study consisted of 8 social studies teachers in Gaziantep and Hatay, selected according to criterion sampling, and 15 students attending to the 5th, 6th and 7th grades of these teachers. The data of the study were collected in November and December 2017 through the semistructured interview form and were converted into findings according to the descriptive analysis technique. As a result of the data analysis, it is understood that the current events mostly related to social studies course subjects are used. Current events are used for a variety of purposes such as making the course clear, linking the past and present, attracting attention, raising the level of understanding, cultivating effective citizens, increasing interest, questioning life, embodying the concept, increasing the level of learning. Moreover, In the selection of the current events, it is seen that the student's characteristics, the course content, the importance of the event, the achievements, interest and curiosity, the attention attractiveness, supporting active participation and referring to the past are effective factors. Questionnaire and discussion methods are mostly used in the application of current events in social studies lessons, especially newspapers and internet are used as current event sources. With the use of current events, it is stated that the students participate in the lesson, their interest in the lesson increases, understand the lesson easily, their knowledge becomes permanent, and gain cognitive and affective behavior.

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