Science Teachers’ Views About the Realization Level of the General Objectives of the Science Curriculum

Abstract

In this study, it was aimed to investigate the opinions of the science teachers on the realization of the general objectives of the science curriculum. The research was conducted through the case study model of qualitative research. The working group constituted 6 science teachers who are working in the province of Çanakkale in the academic year of 2015 and 2016. A semi-structured interview form consisting of 5 categories and 15 questions was used as the data collection tool. Data was alayzed through descriptive and content analysis by using comparative technique and five different categories codings were formulated. It was found that science teachers' levels of knowledge regarding learning approaches and learning fields at the core of the Science Curriculum are increased not because of their working duration because of their high education level. It was also concluded that science teachers often considered science curriculum as effective/sufficient in the context of knowledge category; however they often regarded it as ineffective/insufficient in the context of skill, sense and science-technology-society-environment (STSE) categories.

Güncellenen 2018 Fen Bi̇li̇mleri̇ Öğreti̇m Programina İli̇şki̇n Fen Bi̇li̇mleri̇ Öğretmenleri̇ni̇n Görüşleri̇: Malatya Ve Di̇yarbakir Örneği̇

“…Alınan karar doğrultusunda bakanlık öğretim programının yapısı ile ilgili 2013 yılında birtakım değişikliklere gitmiştir (Bakırcı ve Çepni, 2014). Aslında 2013 yılındaki fen bilimleri öğretim programı, 2005 yılındaki fen bilimleri öğretim programından edinilen tecrübeler ve değişen dünyaya ayak uydurma gereksinimleri ile birlikte programın yeniden derlenmesi şeklinde değerlendirilebilir (Badur, Timur ve Timur, 2017). Bu tarihten 2017 yılına kadar yürürlükte kalan fen bilimleri öğretim programı, Türk Millî Eğitiminin Genel Amaçları ve Temel İlkeleri esas alınarak yeniden hazırlanmış ve 2017 yılında taslak haliyle kamuoyuna sunulmuştur.…”