Secondary education teachers' opinions about the chemistry curriculum implemented in secondary education in 1992

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.