THE PERCEPTION OF STUDENTS' ON HISTORY IN NON-EDUCATIONAL TV SERIES

Abstract

Television watching rates are increasing day by day in Turkey and television series are occupying a large part of everyday life in rush. Obviously this brings many problems as undermining reading habits of elementary school students. However, children will continue to be exposed to television series without certain precautions and therefore it is possible to think utilization of the existing television programs in the framework of education. In this connection, in the present study, the most popular historical TV series of recent years in Turkey, "Muhtesem Yuzyil" (The Magnificent Century), was selected as the sample for the data collection in order to explore the perception of history of elementary school students'. The data collected was analyzed both qualitatively and quantitatively. The findings discussed in relation to the possible educative effects of historical non- educational TV series and movies on students' perceptions related to history. Thus, this can be a sample step to turn positive many of the negative effects of television. (C) 2017 Published by Future Academy www. FutureAcademy. org. uk