Opinions of Social Studies Teacher Candidates on The Türkiye Century Education Model (TYMM) and Its Implementation

The aim of this study is to determine social studies teacher candidates' views on the Türkiye Century Education Model. In particular, it seeks to reveal their views on the implementation process. Teacher training course participants were asked to express their views based on their experiences and observations during the implementation process (at the training school). A qualitative research method was adopted in this study. The study group consists of 27 prospective social studies teachers (19 female and 8 male) who are in their final year at the Ahmet Keleşoğlu Faculty of Education, Necmettin Erbakan University, during the 2025-2026 academic year. An interview form developed by the researcher was used. Interviews were conducted face-to-face. The collected data were subjected to content analysis. In light of the findings obtained from the research, under the theme of "TYMM from the Perspective of Social Studies Teacher Candidates," the categories of TYMM and its positive characteristics and TYMM and its negative characteristics were identified. The positive opinions of prospective teachers regarding the Turkish Century Education Model were analyzed under the codes of encouraging student participation, activity-oriented, skill-oriented and multifaceted development. The negative opinions of prospective teachers regarding the Turkish Century Education Model were analyzed under the codes of activities, incompatibility of class hours and teacher characteristics. When evaluating the prospective teachers' views on the TYMM and its implementation process, codes such as "not implemented" and "difficult to implement" were identified. Based on the findings of the research, it is considered necessary to increase the time allocated to the course and to provide rigorous training on the implementation of the programme so that the teachers, who are the implementers of the programme, understand and embrace it.