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Year 2020, Volume: 7 Issue: 4, 61 - 72, 28.09.2020

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  • Creswell, J. W. (2016). Research design: qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches. California: Sage.
  • Çakmak-Barsay M. (2019). Sağlık insangücü adaylarında gönüllülüğün tahmin edilmesi. Gençlik Araştırmaları Dergisi, 7(Özel Sayı), 59-69.
  • Çarkoğlu, A., & Aytaç, S. E. (2016). Türkiye’de bireysel bağışçılık ve hayırseverlik. İstanbul: TÜSEV Yayınları.
  • Demirci, K., Erbaş, A., & Giderler-Atalay. (2009). Investigation of participation potential of university students to the 'NGOs within the organizational citizenship behavior to civic virtue. Journal of Azerbaijan Studies, 12(1-2), 752-767.
  • Denny, K. J. (2003). The effects of human capital on social capital: a cross-country analysis (No. 03/16). IFS Working Papers.
  • Erdoğan, E., & Uyan-Semerci, P. (2017). Understanding young citizens’ political participation in Turkey: Does ‘being young’ matter?. Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, 17(1), 57- 75.
  • Faiz, M., & Dönmez, C. (2017). Opinions of some nationals (North American, South Korean, Chinese, Indian, Turkish and Latin American) on some concepts of citizenship education. Universal Journal of Educational Research, 5(4), 631-640.
  • Faiz. M. (2019) Sosyal bilgiler ve gönüllülük, In B. Ü. İbret & S. Kaymakcı (Eds.) Sosyal Bilgiler ve Toplum (s.303-321), Ankara: Pegem Akademi Yayınevi.
  • Ellis, A. (2004). Generation V: Young people speak out on volunteering, London: Institute for Volunteering Research.
  • Francis, J. E. (2011). The functions and norms that drive university student volunteering. International Journal of Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Marketing, 16(1), 1-12.
  • Hellman, C. M., Hoppes, S., & Ellison, G. C. (2006). Factors associated with college student intent to engage in community service. The Journal of Psychology, 140(1), 29-39.
  • Hyde, M. K., & Knowles, S. R. (2013). What predicts Australian university students' intentions to volunteer their time for community service?. Australian Journal of Psychology, 65(3), 135-145.
  • Johnson, M. K., Bebe, T., Motimer, J. T., & Snyder, M. (1998) Volunteerism in adolescence: A process perspective, Journal of Research on Adolescence, 8(3), 309-332.
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  • King, M., Walder, L. O., & Pavey, S. (1970). Personality change as a function of volunteer experience in a psychiatric hospital. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 35(3), 423-425.
  • Leigh, R., Horton Smith, D., Giesing, C., Jose León, M., Haski- Leventhal, D., Lough, B. J., Mwat- hi Mati, J., Strassburg, S. & Hockenos, P. (2011). State of the world’s volunteerism report 2011: Universal values for global well-being. Bonn, Germany: United Nations Volunteers.
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  • Omoto, A. M., & Snyder, M. (1990). Basic research in action: Volunteerism and society's response to AIDS. Personality and social psychology Bulletin, 16(1), 152-165.
  • Omoto, A. M., Snyder, M., & Berghuis, J. (1993). The psychology of volunteerism: A conceptual analysis and a program of action research. In J. Pryor, & G. Reeder (Eds.), The social psychology of HIV infection (pp. 333–356). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
  • Özer, M. H. (2008). Economical and social functions of NGO’s in today’s World. Electronic Journal of Social Sciences, 7(26), 86- 97.
  • Patrick, J. J. (2003). The civic mission of schools: Key ideas in a research-based report on civic education in the united states. ERIC Digest. ED475385, 1-7.
  • Patton, M. (1990). Qualitative evaluation and research methods. Beverly Hills, California: Sage.
  • Scheibe, K. E. (1965). College students spend eight weeks in mental hospital: A case report. Psychotherapy: Theory, Research & Practice, 2(3), 117-120.
  • Sencer, M. (1989). Toplum bilimlerinde yöntem, İstanbul: Beta Yayınları.
  • Snyder, M., & Omoto, A. M. (1992). Volunteerism and society's response to the HIV epidemic. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 1(4), 113-116.
  • Son, J., & Wilson, J. (2012). Using normative theory to explain the effect of religion and education on volunteering. Sociological Perspectives, 55(3), 473-499.
  • Stukas, A. A., Snyder, M., & Clary, E. G. (1999). The effects of “mandatory volunteerism” on intentions to volunteer. Psychological Science, 10(1), 59-64.
  • Şahin, O., & Akboğa, S. (2019). The relationship between the state and civil society organizations, and participation in civil society organizations in Turkey. International Journal of Political Science and Urban Studies, 7(2), 405-427.
  • Yaşama Dair Vakıf (YADA). (undated). Sivil toplum kuruluşlarına yönelik algı ve yaklaşımlar. Retrieved from https://www.sivilsayfalar.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/araştırma-raporu-WEBpdf.pdf. Date of access: 10. 04.2020
  • Yerasimos, S. (2001). Sivil toplum, Avrupa ve Türkiye, Türkiye’de sivil toplum ve milliyetçilik. İstanbul: İletişim Yayınları.
  • Yönten-Balaban, A., & Çoban-İnce, İ. (2015). Youth voluntary activities in non-governmental organizations and perception of volunteerism: Example of educational volunteers foundation of Turkey (TEGV). Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Economics and Administrative. 30(2), 149-169.

The Volunteering Activities of Social Studies Teachers in NGO’s and Their Perception of Volunteering

Year 2020, Volume: 7 Issue: 4, 61 - 72, 28.09.2020

Abstract

Volunteering can be stated as activities performed for the benefit of the society regardless of the
interests of the people. Such activities are of great importance for the strengthening of the social
structure. In this study, the activities of social studies teachers in non-governmental organizations
and the perception of volunteering were tried to be determined. In this context, the research was
carried out in the phenomenology pattern, which is one of the qualitative research methods. The
study group of the study consisted of 38 social studies teachers determined by purposeful sampling
method. In the study, the data were collected by structured interview form and analyzed by
descriptive analysis method. The data of the research were collected in the spring semester of the
2019-2020 academic year. The results of the research: In the definition of volunteering in the study,
the most repeated result is the benefit of society, benevolence, and favorable income without waiting
for a financial response. It was concluded that volunteering increases solidarity and empathy and
improves unity-togetherness and solidarity. In the study, the reasons for the low rate of
volunteerism in Turkey unconsciousness, educational shortcoming is that prejudice and politics
intertwined. It was concluded that the most needed volunteering activities should be in the fields of
education, environment, children and health.

References

  • Akatay, A., Kiray, A., & Özdemir, S. (2016). The effect of NGO education on volunteering tendency: A study on university students. Organizasyon ve Yönetim Bilimleri Dergisi, 8(1), 18-27.
  • Coşkun, Z. S. (2012) The effect of community service learning on value acquisitions of preservice teachers (Unpublished masters’ thesis), Institute of Educational Sciences, Department of Educational Sciences, Atatürk University, Erzurum.
  • Creswell, J. W. (2016). Research design: qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches. California: Sage.
  • Çakmak-Barsay M. (2019). Sağlık insangücü adaylarında gönüllülüğün tahmin edilmesi. Gençlik Araştırmaları Dergisi, 7(Özel Sayı), 59-69.
  • Çarkoğlu, A., & Aytaç, S. E. (2016). Türkiye’de bireysel bağışçılık ve hayırseverlik. İstanbul: TÜSEV Yayınları.
  • Demirci, K., Erbaş, A., & Giderler-Atalay. (2009). Investigation of participation potential of university students to the 'NGOs within the organizational citizenship behavior to civic virtue. Journal of Azerbaijan Studies, 12(1-2), 752-767.
  • Denny, K. J. (2003). The effects of human capital on social capital: a cross-country analysis (No. 03/16). IFS Working Papers.
  • Erdoğan, E., & Uyan-Semerci, P. (2017). Understanding young citizens’ political participation in Turkey: Does ‘being young’ matter?. Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, 17(1), 57- 75.
  • Faiz, M., & Dönmez, C. (2017). Opinions of some nationals (North American, South Korean, Chinese, Indian, Turkish and Latin American) on some concepts of citizenship education. Universal Journal of Educational Research, 5(4), 631-640.
  • Faiz. M. (2019) Sosyal bilgiler ve gönüllülük, In B. Ü. İbret & S. Kaymakcı (Eds.) Sosyal Bilgiler ve Toplum (s.303-321), Ankara: Pegem Akademi Yayınevi.
  • Ellis, A. (2004). Generation V: Young people speak out on volunteering, London: Institute for Volunteering Research.
  • Francis, J. E. (2011). The functions and norms that drive university student volunteering. International Journal of Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Marketing, 16(1), 1-12.
  • Hellman, C. M., Hoppes, S., & Ellison, G. C. (2006). Factors associated with college student intent to engage in community service. The Journal of Psychology, 140(1), 29-39.
  • Hyde, M. K., & Knowles, S. R. (2013). What predicts Australian university students' intentions to volunteer their time for community service?. Australian Journal of Psychology, 65(3), 135-145.
  • Johnson, M. K., Bebe, T., Motimer, J. T., & Snyder, M. (1998) Volunteerism in adolescence: A process perspective, Journal of Research on Adolescence, 8(3), 309-332.
  • Kalaycıoğlu, E. (2002). State and civil society in Turkey: democracy, development, and protest. in Amyn B. Sajoo (Ed.), Civil society in the Muslim world: Contemporary perspectives (s. 247- 272). London: I. B. Tauris.
  • Karakurt-Tosun, E. (2007). Non-governmental organisations and local administrations in Turkey at the curve of European community. Paradoks, Ekonomi, Sosyoloji ve Politika Dergisi, 3(2). 1-16.
  • Kesgin, B. (2016). An assessment of volunteering studies in Turkey. Mimar Sinan Güzel Sanatlar Fakültesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, 13, 119-131.
  • King, M., Walder, L. O., & Pavey, S. (1970). Personality change as a function of volunteer experience in a psychiatric hospital. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 35(3), 423-425.
  • Leigh, R., Horton Smith, D., Giesing, C., Jose León, M., Haski- Leventhal, D., Lough, B. J., Mwat- hi Mati, J., Strassburg, S. & Hockenos, P. (2011). State of the world’s volunteerism report 2011: Universal values for global well-being. Bonn, Germany: United Nations Volunteers.
  • Miles, M. B., & Huberman, A. M. (1994). Qualitative data analysis (2. Edition). London: Sage Publications. Ministry for Welfare and Population Development (1997). White Paper for Social Welfare. Notice 1108 of 1997. Government Gazette, 386(18166). Pretoria: Government Printers.
  • Oliner, S. P., & Oliner, P. M. (1988).The altruistic personality: Rescuers of Jews in Nazi Europe. New York: Free Press.
  • Omoto, A. M., & Snyder, M. (1990). Basic research in action: Volunteerism and society's response to AIDS. Personality and social psychology Bulletin, 16(1), 152-165.
  • Omoto, A. M., Snyder, M., & Berghuis, J. (1993). The psychology of volunteerism: A conceptual analysis and a program of action research. In J. Pryor, & G. Reeder (Eds.), The social psychology of HIV infection (pp. 333–356). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
  • Özer, M. H. (2008). Economical and social functions of NGO’s in today’s World. Electronic Journal of Social Sciences, 7(26), 86- 97.
  • Patrick, J. J. (2003). The civic mission of schools: Key ideas in a research-based report on civic education in the united states. ERIC Digest. ED475385, 1-7.
  • Patton, M. (1990). Qualitative evaluation and research methods. Beverly Hills, California: Sage.
  • Scheibe, K. E. (1965). College students spend eight weeks in mental hospital: A case report. Psychotherapy: Theory, Research & Practice, 2(3), 117-120.
  • Sencer, M. (1989). Toplum bilimlerinde yöntem, İstanbul: Beta Yayınları.
  • Snyder, M., & Omoto, A. M. (1992). Volunteerism and society's response to the HIV epidemic. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 1(4), 113-116.
  • Son, J., & Wilson, J. (2012). Using normative theory to explain the effect of religion and education on volunteering. Sociological Perspectives, 55(3), 473-499.
  • Stukas, A. A., Snyder, M., & Clary, E. G. (1999). The effects of “mandatory volunteerism” on intentions to volunteer. Psychological Science, 10(1), 59-64.
  • Şahin, O., & Akboğa, S. (2019). The relationship between the state and civil society organizations, and participation in civil society organizations in Turkey. International Journal of Political Science and Urban Studies, 7(2), 405-427.
  • Yaşama Dair Vakıf (YADA). (undated). Sivil toplum kuruluşlarına yönelik algı ve yaklaşımlar. Retrieved from https://www.sivilsayfalar.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/araştırma-raporu-WEBpdf.pdf. Date of access: 10. 04.2020
  • Yerasimos, S. (2001). Sivil toplum, Avrupa ve Türkiye, Türkiye’de sivil toplum ve milliyetçilik. İstanbul: İletişim Yayınları.
  • Yönten-Balaban, A., & Çoban-İnce, İ. (2015). Youth voluntary activities in non-governmental organizations and perception of volunteerism: Example of educational volunteers foundation of Turkey (TEGV). Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Economics and Administrative. 30(2), 149-169.
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Primary Language English
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Journal Section Research Articles
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Melike Faiz

Publication Date September 28, 2020
Published in Issue Year 2020 Volume: 7 Issue: 4

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APA Faiz, M. (2020). The Volunteering Activities of Social Studies Teachers in NGO’s and Their Perception of Volunteering. International Journal of Psychology and Educational Studies, 7(4), 61-72.