The Evaluation of the Implementation Process of Science and Technology Course Curriculum in Elementary Education According to Teachers’ Opinions

Volume: 3 Number: 2 July 23, 2016
  • Süleyman Çelenk
  • Zeynep Demirtaş
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The Evaluation of the Implementation Process of Science and Technology Course Curriculum in Elementary Education According to Teachers’ Opinions

Abstract

The aim of the current study is to evaluate the implementation process of the Science and Technology course curriculum based on teachers’ opinions in schools with different socioeconomic status (SES). The sample of the current study includes Science and Technology teachers in elementary schools; two of them have high SES, two have middle SES, and two have low SES. These elementary schools were chosen from low- to middle and high SES elementary schools in central district of Sakarya via stratified sampling. The teachers’ opinions about the competence of the implementation of the program were obtained by semi- structured interview. The obtained qualitative data was analyzed via content analysis. It was founded that the current program is superior to the old one according to teachers’ opinions. However, several factors prevent the implementations of the program, such as insufficient time, insufficiency of materials, individual differences, the population density in some units, class crowding, unprepared students to lessons, placement test (special name is SBS in Turkey), and the process of preparation to exams city- wide, the inappropriateness of the activities to students’ level, the unawareness of parents, the difficulty in the access to the sources for students who are not capable of

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Süleyman Çelenk This is me
ABANT İZZET BAYSAL ÜNİVERSİTESİ, EĞİTİM FAKÜLTESİ, EĞİTİM BİLİMLERİ BÖLÜMÜ

Zeynep Demirtaş This is me
Sakarya University, Educational Science in Faculty of Education, Department of Turkey

Publication Date

July 23, 2016

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July 23, 2016

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Year 2013 Volume: 3 Number: 2

APA
Çelenk, S., & Demirtaş, Z. (2016). The Evaluation of the Implementation Process of Science and Technology Course Curriculum in Elementary Education According to Teachers’ Opinions. TOJSAT, 3(2), 172-186. https://izlik.org/JA85LC44BN
AMA
1.Çelenk S, Demirtaş Z. The Evaluation of the Implementation Process of Science and Technology Course Curriculum in Elementary Education According to Teachers’ Opinions. TOJSAT. 2016;3(2):172-186. https://izlik.org/JA85LC44BN
Chicago
Çelenk, Süleyman, and Zeynep Demirtaş. 2016. “The Evaluation of the Implementation Process of Science and Technology Course Curriculum in Elementary Education According to Teachers’ Opinions”. TOJSAT 3 (2): 172-86. https://izlik.org/JA85LC44BN.
EndNote
Çelenk S, Demirtaş Z (July 1, 2016) The Evaluation of the Implementation Process of Science and Technology Course Curriculum in Elementary Education According to Teachers’ Opinions. TOJSAT 3 2 172–186.
IEEE
[1]S. Çelenk and Z. Demirtaş, “The Evaluation of the Implementation Process of Science and Technology Course Curriculum in Elementary Education According to Teachers’ Opinions”, TOJSAT, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 172–186, July 2016, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA85LC44BN
ISNAD
Çelenk, Süleyman - Demirtaş, Zeynep. “The Evaluation of the Implementation Process of Science and Technology Course Curriculum in Elementary Education According to Teachers’ Opinions”. TOJSAT 3/2 (July 1, 2016): 172-186. https://izlik.org/JA85LC44BN.
JAMA
1.Çelenk S, Demirtaş Z. The Evaluation of the Implementation Process of Science and Technology Course Curriculum in Elementary Education According to Teachers’ Opinions. TOJSAT. 2016;3:172–186.
MLA
Çelenk, Süleyman, and Zeynep Demirtaş. “The Evaluation of the Implementation Process of Science and Technology Course Curriculum in Elementary Education According to Teachers’ Opinions”. TOJSAT, vol. 3, no. 2, July 2016, pp. 172-86, https://izlik.org/JA85LC44BN.
Vancouver
1.Süleyman Çelenk, Zeynep Demirtaş. The Evaluation of the Implementation Process of Science and Technology Course Curriculum in Elementary Education According to Teachers’ Opinions. TOJSAT [Internet]. 2016 Jul. 1;3(2):172-86. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA85LC44BN