Teachers Views On Science And Technology Curriculum von Yeliz Temli-Durmus

The purpose of this nation-wide study was to investigate the classroom teachers¿ and science and technology teachers¿ views on science and technology curriculum in Turkiye. In this nation-wide study, survey design was utilized. The participants of the study consisted of 960 teachers in 26 provinces across Turkiye and 601 of the teachers were classroom teachers and 359 teachers were science and technology teachers. In order to investigate teachers¿ views, Teachers¿ Views on Science and Technology Curriculum Questionnaire was developed by the researcher. To analyze the data, descriptive statistics and inferencial statistics (MANOVA) were used. The responses to open-ended questions were subjected to qualitative analysis. Results of the descriptive analyses revealed that classroom teachers and science and technology teachers had positive views towards attainments-content, learning-teaching process and assessment component of science and technology curriculum.

Yeliz TEML¿-DURMU¿ was graduated from Middle East Technical University (METU), department of Educational Sciences, divison of Curriculum and Instruction in Turkiye. She is working in Usak University. Her study areas are moral and character education, de-centralized curriculum and primary education curricula.