Tarih Öğretmenlerinin İslam Tarihi Öğretiminde Karşılaştıkları Problemlere İlişkin Görüşleri (Opinions of History Teachers on the Problems Encountered in Teaching Islamic History)

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to examine the problems that history teachers encounter in teaching Islamic history and their views on these problems. The research was carried out with 20 history teachers working at high school level in public schools affiliated to the Ministry of National Education in the 2021-2022 academic year. Within the scope of the research, face-to-face interviews were conducted with history teachers. In the research, phenomenology design, one of the qualitative research methods was used and a semi-structured interview form was prepared within the scope of the qualitative approach in order to examine the perceptions of history teachers about the issue in a more holistic way. The questions prepared for the purpose of the study were directed to the teachers. The answers given by the teachers to the questions in the interview form, their opinions, the problems they identified and the solution suggestions were evaluated according to their categories by subjecting the content analysis and presented in an itemized form. Problems faced by teachers as a result of the study; The problems arising from the curriculum, the course book and the way the course is taught are handled in three categories. As a result of the research, it has been determined that the most important problem encountered is that the history of Islam is seen as a field of belief and cannot be historicized. The data obtained were discussed in the light of existing studies and some suggestions were made for the teaching of Islamic history subjects.