Teacher Opinions on the Implementation of the Secondary School Mathematics Curriculum
Journal Title: International e-journal of Educational Studies - Year 2018, Vol 2, Issue 3
Abstract
The aim of this study is to examine teacher's opinions in depth on the implementation process of the mathematics curriculum for High School (9.10.11.12) updated in 2013. The sample of the study is prepared maximum diversity sampling method which is one of the purposive sample types. The current study included 15 high school mathematics teachers with different professional experience from 5 different types of public schools. Descriptive research study a special case of the method was used. In third current study 10 high school mathematics teachers who have different professional experience from 5 different types of public schools was included. A semi-structured interview form developed by researchers was used as data collection tool in the study. The negotiations made are recorded with the digital sound recorder and then written to the article. The obtained data were subjected to content analysis with a qualitative approach. At the end of the research, it was determined that the difficulties arising from the student, teacher, school type, contents of the program, teaching materials and education policies for the implementation of the secondary school mathematics curriculum. In order to overcome the difficulties, teachers have suggested that it is not possible to implement a single teaching program in each school in the same way, thus developing separate teaching programs according to school types and preparing different textbooks. As for the contents of the curriculum, the teachers suggested that the subjects should be simplified and related more to daily life.
Authors and Affiliations
Mehmet Aydın, Seval Laçin, İsmail Keskin
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