Author(s): Osman OKUMUÅ, Aydın GÃVEN
Democracy that is based on the public’s power and is a system of values is expected to be internalized by the all individuals that compose the society today. Democratic environments and learning in such environments help young individuals to be raised with democratic consciousness, become aware of their rights and responsibilities, and live completely like democratic individuals. In this sense, especially families and school settings take an important responsibility. Family is the first social institution which individuals are members of the society. At the bottom of many social behaviours lies the effects of the information the individuals learn and the experiences they have in the family. After family, schools become the most important learning settings of the individuals. In addition to a lot of information and experiences required to maintain their lives, young individuals learn many democratic experiences like meeting differences, standing on their own foot, expressing themselves, developing their own system of values, reinforcing the citizenship consciousness through experiences in schools. Thus, the school contributes to the democracy education both theoretically and practically. Democracy education is given almost in all courses in the schools, but the nature and the content of the history courses provide important opportunities for democracy education. Because many topics included in the content of history courses are controversial, it enables students to join such platforms. Moreover, many subjects in history courses make contributions as they give information about the history of democracy and present positive and negative examples. Thus, democracy education provided in history courses will make important contributions to individuals’ internalization of democracy. The purpose of this study is to explain some activities (worksheets, drama, technique of Dursun Dilek, Internet- assisted learning, evidence-based learning, virtual museum trips, historical films and discussion) for democracy education and give information about their uses in history courses.
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