Secondary education teachers' opinions about the chemistry curriculum implemented in secondary education in 1992 [Ortaögretim ögretmenlerinin 1992'den beri uygulanan ortaögretim kimya müfredatlari hakkindaki görüsleri]

Abstract

This study aims to examine the opinions of secondary school teachers about the chemistry curricula which have been implemented in Turkey since 1992. For this purpose, a survey has been conducted with chemistry teacher working for 66 state schools selected in 21 randomly selected cities. The total number of chemistry teachers leading other chemistry teachers (chemistry head-teachers) in their schools is 50. The rate and percentage of the responses from the teachers to each question has been obtained. As the results suggest, 70% of the teachers have stated that the chemistry curricula have important problems and deficiencies.