Evaluation of the Primary School7 th Year Social Sciences Curriculum in Terms of Teachers’ Views
Journal Name:
- Amasya Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi
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Abstract (2. Language):
Problem Statement: The social sciences course is quite important for the quality of individuals’ lives and
democratic society. The content of this course, which tries to establish a balance between the needs of individual
and the expectations of the society, consists of the disciplines of history, geography, economy, sociology,
philosophy and psychology. The social sciences course is offered between the4
th
and8
th
years of primary
schools as the major (mihver) course. The curriculum of this course, which has changed many times in the past,
was restructured in 2004 by the Ministry of Education. In the restructuring, external dynamics, such as global
trends and the EU criteria, and internal dynamics, such as increasing the quality of education and the awareness
of economy and democracy in education, were the influential factors. The most important change in the new
social sciences curriculum introduced with this restructuring, which is regarded as a reform by the Ministry of
Education, is the transition from a teacher-centered traditional behaviorist approach to a student-centered
constructivist approach. While the new social sciences curricula are considered a change in paradigm by some
groups, they are regarded as a breaking point by those who criticize the curricula. The new curricula are mostly
discussed among academicians, but the views of teachers who implement the new curricula in their classes are
not known. This situation leads to a deficiency in the implementation phase of the curricula. Therefore,
determining the views of teachers on the efficiency of the new social sciences curricula is of great importance in
terms of overcoming the deficiency.
Purpose ofthe Study: The aim of this study is to evaluate the primary school7
th
year social sciences curriculum
in terms of teachers’ views.
Methods: This study, which is a quantitative one, was carried out in accordance with the descriptive model. The
population of the study consists of a total of 139 social sciences teachers working in sixty-three state schools and
five private schools in the city centre of the province of Malatya in 2009-2010 education years. As almostall the
teachers in the population (n=134) were reached, it wasn’t necessary to take a separate sampling. The data for
the study were obtained through a five-item Likert scale, the validityand reliability of which wasensured. In the
analyses of the data, frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation were used together with a t-test, MWU,
Anova and KWH in accordance with whether the items were parametrical (homogenous) or not. To determine
whether or not there were significant differences among the views of teachers, Scheffe, LSD and Mean Rank
were used.
Findings and Discussions: In the study, it was determined that the teachers often use presentation and research
strategies and they sometimes use discovery strategy. It was also discovered that teachers always use question–
answer method and again they often use discussion, case study, brainstorming and problem-solving as a method
or technique. Another finding was that teachers sometimes use drama strategy and they rarely use trip-observation and resource person methods. For the teaching phase, it was understood that during the class
teachers always attract students’ attention, explain the purpose, engage the students in the class, guide the
students, make use of past experiences and relate them to life, remediate the deficits and summarize the lesson.
Again, it was discovered that teachers often talk about the next class and give homework. In the study, it was
found that teachers often use board, map globe, chart-graphics, time-date strip and printed materials; they
sometimes use models and theyrarely use internet, TV and video in social sciences classes as in-class materials.
Conclusions and Recommendations: The findings of the study showed that social sciences classes were taught
using traditional strategies, methods and techniques despite the innovation and change claims of the Ministry of
Education. Similarly, it was determined that teachers didn’t use materials outside the traditional ones as in-class
teaching materials. This case, which showed that the change introduced by the Ministry of Education in 2004
hasn’t been fully put into practice in the classes, casts doubt on the efficiency of the new social sciences
curricula’s implementation. The Ministry of Education should remediate the deficiencies of teachers in selecting
and using teaching strategies, methods and techniques together with teaching materials so as to increase the
efficiency of the curricula in question.
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Abstract (Original Language):
Bu araştırmanın amacı, ilköğretim 7. sınıf Sosyal Bilgiler Öğretim Programı’nıöğretmen görüşlerine göre
değerlendirmektir. Araştırma, Malatya il merkezindeki resmi ve özel ilköğretim okullarında 2009–2010eğitim-öğretimyılında görev yapan toplam 134 Sosyal Bilgileröğretmeni üzerinde yürütülmüştür. Nicel karakter arz
eden bu araştırmada veriler, beşli derecelendirilmiş likert türü maddelerden oluşan ölçekle elde edilmiştir. Bu
şekilde elde edilen verilerden demografik olanlar frekans ve yüzde alma tekniği ile analiz edilmiştir. Sosyal
BilgilerÖğretim Programı’na yöneliköğretmen görüşleri ise, aritmetik ortalama ve standart sapma ile
çözümlenmiştir.Öğretmen görüşlerinin cinsiyet, görev yapılan okul türü ve meslekikıdem değişkenlerine göre
anlamlı farklılık gösterip göstermediği ise, parametrik maddelerde “t, testi ve Anova ile parametrik olmayan
maddelerde MWU ve KWH testleri ile analiz edilmiştir. Farklılıın hangi gruplar arasında olduğunu belirlemek
için de, scheffe, LSD ve Mean Rank kullanılmıştır. Verilerin analizinden,öğretmenlerin Sosyal Bilgiler dersini
aırlıklı olarak geleneksel sunuş ile araştırma-inceleme stratejileri ileişledikleri belirlenmiştir.Öğretmenlerin,
soru-cevap yöntemini her zaman, tartışma, örnek olay, beyinfırtınası ve problem çözme yöntemlerini isesıksık
kullandıkları anlaşılmıştır. Ayrıca dersleri çağdaşeğitim ilkelerine uygun olarakişleyenöğretmenlerin, daha çok
geleneksel materyalleri kullanmayı tercih ettikleri ve internetten fazlaca yararlanmadıkları anlaşılmıştır.
Araştırmada ulaşılan diğer bir sonuç da, bayanöğretmenlerin, erkeklere göre; özel okulöğretmenlerinin de,
resmi okulöğretmenlerine göre daha çok çağdaş yöntem ve materyal kullandıkları şeklindedir.
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