期刊名称：Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology
印刷版ISSN：2146-7242
出版年度：2022
卷号：21
期号：1
语种：English
出版社：Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology
摘要：The games that have existed from the day of humanity to the present have been known to have an important effect on the development of children. Educational games used in the academic process open opportunities to learn in a fun way, it is a teaching resource that makes learning more permanent and retainable. It is thought that educational games contribute to students' cognitive psycho-motor and psycho-social development. In this regard, it is important to review the teachers' perspectives on the use of educational games in their lessons. From this point of view, and according to this research, it is aimed to bring up the teachers' usage of educational games in social studies. Within the scope of this purpose, the basic qualitative research approach is adopted as a method. The research study group consists of 15 social studies teachers working in a public school affiliated with the Ministry of National Education in the 2020-2021 academic year. The data of the research were collected through a demographic information form and a semi-structured interview form. The data obtained from the research were analyzed using a content analysis technique in MAXQDA 2020 program. At the end of the research, it had been determined that social studies teachers approach positively to the usage of educational games in the academic process to a large extent. At the same time, these games had made significant contributions to learning when used in their lessons from time to time. Particularly, it's been expressed that using educational games increases children's interest in the lesson by having fun and this situation facilitates reaching instructional goals.
