International Journal of Learning and Teaching Volume 12, Issue 1, (2020) 017-029 www.ij-lt.eu Evaluation of social studies teaching textbooks Burak Demir*, Near East University, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Institute of Educational Sciences, Nicosia, North Cyprus, Turkey Suggested Citation: Demir, B. (2020). Evaluation of social studies teaching textbooks. International Journal of Learning and Teaching. 12(1), 017–029. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5666-359X Received from July 27, 2019; revised from October 01, 2019; accepted from January 1, 2020 Selection and peer review under responsibility of Prof. Dr. Hafize Keser, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey. © 2020 United World Center of Research Innovation and Publication. All rights reserved. Abstract This study is aimed to examine social studies textbooks of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus of sixth and seventh grade students in terms of content analysis. The population of the research model is constituted by social studies textbooks of sixth and seventh grades of five secondary schools that were found appropriate by Republic of Turkey Ministry of National Education Board of Education and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Ministry of Education Board of Education. The books were evaluated on the Likert scale using the content analysis evaluation scale. The rating of the scale was calculated as ‘yes – option 2 points’, ‘partially – option 1 point’ and ‘no – option 0 points’. The data were evaluated by scoring between 1 and 10. As a result, it was determined that the seventh grade social studies textbook of Republic of Turkey received the highest rate. The lowest rate was observed in the seventh grade taught in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. Keywords: Textbook, social studies teaching, content analysis scale, education, learning. * ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE: Burak Demir, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Institue of Educational Sciences, Near East University, Nicosia, North Cyprus, Turkey. E-mail address: burak.demir@neu.edu.tr