“…It has been well-established that teacher-related factors (for example, teaching methods, the social environment fostered in the classroom, teacher attitudes towards social studies) affect student perceptions of social studies (Alkis & Gulec, 2006;Chiodo & Byford, 2004;Dündar, Acar Güvendir, Onat Kocabıyık, & Papatga, 2014;Goodlad, 1984;Russell & Waters, 2010;Schug, Todd, & Beery, 1982;Yılmazer & Demir, 2014).…”