@article{article_855316, title={Horizon of Science Education Reform in Turkey: Challenges Ahead}, journal={Ahi Evran Üniversitesi Kırşehir Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi}, volume={11}, pages={79–96}, year={2010}, author={İrez, Serhat and Çakır, Mustafa}, keywords={Curriculum reform,biology teachers,nature of science}, abstract={This paper presents a research study aimed at providing an account on Turkish biology teachers‟ views on the nature of scientific inquiry and assessing if these views comfort the vision and epistemological foundations of the new secondary biology curriculum. To this end, the paper starts with a comparison of the visions and perspectives on the nature of scientific inquiry presented by the previous and the new biology curricula in order to document the scale of shift on understandings between the two. This analysis is followed by the results of a research study conducted on 113 practising biology teachers‟ views of the nature of scientific inquiry. The results indicated that understandings of current biology teachers are generally objectivist in nature which, arguably, constitutes the major barrier for the successful implementation of the curriculum reform as intended. Finally, the article will be concluded with a discussion on the challenges ahead for successful implementation of the new curriculum}, number={4}, publisher={Kirsehir Ahi Evran University}