Abstract:

In the historical process, museums were formed by collecting and exhibiting the works due to reasons such as personal taste and curiosity, storage of souvenirs, and desire to obtain rare items. The variety of museums, whose number has increased rapidly until today, has also increased. In the past, museum visits were aimed at personal curiosity and appreciation, but over time they started to function within the scope of education and training activities. Especially in recent years, the importance of museums whose effectiveness increased in the field of education and training in our country is remarkable as a place that offers effective and permanent learning to students and teachers. In the social studies curriculum renewed by the Ministry of Education in 2018, the emphasis was placed on making use of out-of-school environments in social studies education, and it was stated that these places could include the marketplace, government agencies, factories, exhibitions, archaeological excavations, workshops, museums, and historical places starting from the close environment of the school. In this context, within the scope of this study, whose subject is using museums in social studies education, firstly museums were mentioned in general, then the role of museums in education and their importance in social studies education was mentioned, finally, the problems encountered during the museum visits and our solution suggestions regarding this were expressed.

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