Reflection of Problem-Based Learning Applied in Social Studies Course on Students' Daily Life

Abstract

This research, which focuses on the reflection of problem-based learning applied in social studies course on students' daily life, aims to examine whether the results of the researcher's PhD dissertation (Bayram, 2021) completed in 2021 are still valid in 2022. This research was conducted one year after the end of the experimental process of the dissertation as a separate research. The research was conducted as a case study. The participant group consisted of one social studies teacher, 10 students, and the parents of those students. The data were collected through observation and interview techniques. A checklist was used to collect observation data, and two semi-structured interview forms were used to collect interview data. The data were analyzed with descriptive analysis technique. At the end of the research, it was determined that the entrepreneurship, skills, values, and other effective characteristics that the students gained during the experimental process of the PhD dissertation were largely reflected in students' daily lives even one year after the end of the experimental process of the dissertation. Depending on the results of the research, various recommendations were developed.