A Look at the Saying of Peace at Home, Peace in the World in 8th Grade Students' Perceptions of War and Peace: A Qualitative Research

Abstract

In this study, 8th grade students T.C. It is aimed to reveal the awareness of the motto "Peace at Home, Peace in the World" in their perceptions of the value of peace and the concept of war within the scope of the History of Revolution and Kemalism course curriculum. In order to achieve the general purpose of the research, the basic qualitative research method was used. The data collection tool is a semi-structured interview form prepared by taking expert opinion. 19 students studying in the 8th grade of secondary school on a voluntary basis participated in the study. The data obtained from the student interview forms were subjected to descriptive analysis. The data are combined in common themes and presented in tables. Frequency distributions were revealed by digitizing the themes, and then interpretations supported by examples were made. In the results that emerged, in the context of the principle of "Peace at Home, Peace in the World", students associated the concept of peace with the foreign policy of our country, where they emphasized peace in the country more, and peace in the world. It has been found out what kind of effects the concepts of war and peace have created, how they relate the developments in our country's domestic and foreign policy with the idiom, and that students closely follow the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian war and develop solutions to the wars. There are very few studies in the literature on the concept of peace, which has maintained its value throughout history and has gained more importance in recent years. Therefore, this study is expected to contribute to the existing gap.