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Abstract The purpose of this research is to determine the opinions of history teachers about the professional development training program. The research was carried out with the case study design, one of the qualitative research methods. The study group of the research was composed of 19 history teachers working in the Bergama district of Izmir province, who were selected by the purposeful sampling method. The opinions of the teachers were collected through structured interview forms. When the findings were examined, the educational titles were shaped in the field of field education and pedagogy. General expectations of teachers in the teacher education workshop were found to be: to increase knowledge, new methods and techniques, new developments and to be aware of different perspectives, to learn ways to make the lesson interesting, create awareness, and to learn about classroom management. Their industry-specific expectations and history education were found to be: using new materials, methods and techniques to learn, developing them, developing activities that will make lessons interesting, and evaluating new instructional programs to emphasize the importance of the course. As a result, it was found that the teacher education workshop largely meets the expectations of teachers and teachers want to apply what they have learned from these trainings in their classrooms.

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