Abstract:

One of the materials that can be used to achieve the learning outcomes of history courses is poetry. It is possible to find the historical events of the period, the social, cultural and economic structure of the society, the sorrows and joys of the community and the value judgments of the society in the poems. In this respect, it is important to use poems in achieving the learning outcomes of history courses. The aim of this study is to find out what students’ opinions on the effect of poems in achieving the learning outcomes of Secondary Education Turkish Rebuplic History of the Revolution and Ataturkism Course are. The questionnaires used as a data collection tool in the survey were applied to a total of 81 students who were enrolled in the second semester of 2017-2018 academic year at Kırklareli Science High School in Kırklareli City and who took Turkish Republic History of Revolution and Ataturkism course. IBM SPSS Statistics 20 program was used to analyze the collected data. Descriptive statistics of the collected data were given in detail. Also, independent sample t-test and One-Way ANOVA were performed, and it was found that there is no statistically significant difference in attitude levels of the students regarding their opinions on the effect of poems in achieving the learning outcomes of Turkish Republic History of Revolution and Ataturkism course based on “gender”, “interest in courses related to history”, “frequency of reading poems” and “liking to read poems” (p<0,05).

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