2019 (Middle School) Turkish Lesson Curriculum Evaluation According to Teachers' Opinions

Abstract

The aim The aim of this study is to determine the opinions of Turkish teachers about the general objectives, special objectives, learning areas, themes, text types, values, competencies, measurement, and evaluation In the 2019 (Middle School) Turkish Lesson Curriculum. The study was organized in accordance with the quantitative research method and the data were collected by questionnaire technique. In order to evaluate the program, a 5-point Likert-type questionnaire with 20 questions was prepared by the researchers. The prepared questionnaire was sent online to the Turkish teachers working at the secondary school level of the state schools randomly selected from the provinces of Istanbul, Ankara, Denizli, Antalya, Trabzon, Ağrı and Gaziantep. 750 of the teachers participated in the survey. The answers of the participants were recorded electronically. In the analysis of the data, the answers received from the participants were determined as percentages. As a result, the Turkish teachers participating in the research included in the 2019 (Middle School) Turkish Lesson Curriculum; while expressing a positive opinion in terms of general and specific objectives, acquisitions, learning areas, grammar, themes, text types, values, competencies, measurement, and evaluation titles, they expressed their opinion that the activities in the textbooks are not compatible with the program's achievements.