SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHER CANDIDATES’ OPINIONS REGARDING USING HISTORICAL SOURCES IN TEACHING OF T.R. HİSTORY OF THE REVOLUTION AND KEMALISM COURSE IN SECONDARY SCHOOL

The aim of this study is to determine what the opinions of Social Studies teacher candidatesare about the use of historical sources in T.R. History of Revolution and Kemalism course. Datawere collected using a scale developed by researchers; the obtained findings were analyzedusing quantitative and qualitative methods. It was observed that the participants were willingto use historical sources, but not at the desired level exactly how to use these resources. Itwas seen that teacher candidates preferred the primary sources in the course, gave priorityto sources such as archival documents, library films and memoirs from these sources mostly.