Abstract

The purpose of this research is to determine the perceptions of social studies pre-service teachers about their efficiencies in choosing teaching techniques. The study group of the research consists of social studies pre-service teachers who study in the Social Studies Education Department at the Faculty of Education at a state university and they are chosen on a volunteer basis. The data collection tools in the research, which was designed in descriptive survey method, were “The Perception Scale of Teachers’ Applicants Capacity to Choose Teaching Technics” developed by Fırat Durdukoca, Yardımcıel, Beşeren and Özbek (2017) and a “Personal Information Form” prepared by the researchers. The data were analysed through SPSS 24.0. The results of the study revealed that social studies pre-service teachers had a positive level of perception about their efficiencies in choosing teaching techniques. As for gender, it was found that there was a significant difference in the “Positive Prediction Regarding Technique Selection” factor of the scale while no significant difference was found in the “Negative Prediction Regarding Technique Selection” factor. In addition, a significant difference was found both in the total scores of the whole scale and in the sub-factors of the scale in terms of grade level variable. However, the results showed that there was no significant difference in terms of age. Finally, the findings of the research were discussed within literature and related views and recommendations were mentioned in accordance with the results of the study.