Evaluation of Social Studies Pre-service Teachers' Arguments on Socio-scientific Issues in Terms of Human Rights and Freedoms

Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate the arguments of social studies pre-service teachers on sociological issues in terms of human rights and freedoms. The study group consisted of 50 social studies pre-service teachers from a public university in the Western Black Sea region. The case study design, one of the qualitative research methods, was used in the study. The study was carried out online for a total of 4 weeks, 2 hours per week, within the Science Technology Society course, and a week was allocated for each socio-scientific issue. The study data were collected with a written argumentation form and analyzed with content analysis. At the end of the study, participants' arguments on socio-scientific issues were associated with personal rights, equality rights and solidarity rights. The results of this study can be recommended to teachers and pre-service teachers as a model that they can apply in their lessons on socio-scientific issues.