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This study was conducted to reveal the effect of educational films on social studies teachers' classroom practices. Qualitative research method was used in the study; designed as a case study. In the research, the participant group was social studies teachers who watched at least one of the educational films about solving in-class problems arising from socio-economic differences. For this purpose, data were collected from social studies teachers working in secondary schools in İzmir. During the data collection process, it was revealed that all of the nine teachers participating in the research watched the movie "Freedom Writers". For this reason, the semi-structured interview form was arranged according to this film and data were collected. The collected data were analyzed by content analysis method. It has been seen that the watched movie contributes to the teaching profession in terms of developing an approach that supports the development of students and communication with students. In solving classroom problems, the film motivated teachers in the field of value and skill teaching. In addition, the teachers who watched the movie were also influenced by the movie in terms of structuring the education process by considering the disadvantages of the students. The content of the catchy scenes of the movie is the scenes related to acquiring students and teacher qualifications.   

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