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In this study, the eff ect of museum education practices implemented with virtual teaching environments on the views of prospective teachers was analysed. The research was carried out with a case study design, which is one of the qualitative methods. The views of the prospective teachers about the museum education practices implemented with virtual teaching environments were examined with content analysis. 25 prospective teachers participated to the study. In the research, fi rst of all, virtual museum environments in the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations were made interactive by using the edpuzzle application, and sound recordings and quiz questions related to museum activities were added to the videos. In addition, instructional materials related to museum hunting activities that the candidates used through virtual museum applications were designed. The experimental study with museum educational activities designed ith virtual teaching environments was implemented for four weeks. The results showed that these activities about the practices positively infl uenced the views of prospective teachers and that these practices were highly eff ective in teaching social studies course. In addition to this, it was determined that teacher candidates believed that an active teaching process could be created with virtual museum applications and that the learning about social studies course could be more easily embodied.

The aim of this article is to analyze the content of the articles published in Google Scholar on new approaches in education. These approaches; Multiple intelligence theory, Constructivism, Social Learning theory, Style-oriented and Scenario-based learning. The distribution of the analyzed studies according to the years of publication, the languages ​​they were published in, the disciplines, the methods, data collection tools, the distribution of the participants according to their gender, the distribution of the participants according to their occupational characteristics, the distribution by age, the data analysis methods and the number of pages were examined. It was concluded that the distribution of the published articles according to the disciplines in which they were written on multiple intelligence, and social learning were mostly found in Science. Style oriented was used in the field of education programs and in scenario-based  the most studies took place in Mathematics and Language.  

The aim of this study is to determine the effectiveness of the Cyprus and Cyprus Turkish History course curriculum’s objectiveness and the teachers’ implementation of the curriculum in schools. The research was conducted using a qualitative research approach and a descriptive research model. The researcher prepared semi-structured interview form to reveal the teachers’ views. Content analysis method was applied through using Nvivo 10 software in the analysis of qualitative data. The analysis of the survey data was conducted by encoding the results, as well as dividing and categorizing the teacher’s feedback and opinions; furthermore, direct opinions have also been noted. According to the findings, not only is there a disparity between the application of the program and its original objectives, but the effectiveness of the curriculum is also questioned.   Keywords: Education, Curriculum, Cyprus and Cyprus Turkish History, Qualitative