Aesthetics and aesthetic creativity in social studies

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Dolapcioglu S., GÜRKAN B., KARAKUŞ M.

Pegem Eğitim ve Öğretim Dergisi, vol.9, no.3, pp.913-944, 2019 (Scopus, TRDizin)

Abstract

This study’s aim is to investigate the primary school teachers’ views on the applicationsof aesthetic and aesthetic creativity in social studies class. It was designed as aphenomenological study as one of the qualitative research methods. The participantsof the study consisted of 8 primary school teachers working in schools with differentsocio-economic substructure in Adana and Hatay in the 2017-2018 academic year. Thedata were collected through semi-structured interview form, and analysed followingcontent analysis method. The findings of the study revealed that teachersconceptualize the concept of aesthetic in different ways; they consider that aestheticcreativity is as important as scientific creativity; that aesthetic education contributes tomental and emotional development of the students; that social studies class iseffective in gaining creativity; and accordingly, they have included aesthetic educationin their courses. The findings of the study revealed that teachers conceptualize theconcept of aesthetic in different ways; that they consider that aesthetic creativity is asimportant as scientific creativity; they believe aesthetic education contributes tomental and emotional development of the students; that they think social studies classis effective in gaining creativity; and, therefore, they include aesthetic education invarious ways in their courses.