Teachers' views about period of using of science and technology guide textbooks

Abstract

The aim of the study is to determine teachers' views about science and technology course teacher guide textbooks' usefulness, content, suitability with the curriculum. Semi-constructed interviews and unconstructed observations as data gathering instrument are used. Gathered data were coded. The samples of study are six primary school teachers who are teaching in a three primary school in Çayeli/RİZE in 2006-2007 autumn period. In study, it is found out that guide textbooks include many activities, used a diffucult language, the time and the materials are not enough, ignoring level of students, forms get a lot of time of to fill. On the other hand, it is defined that guide text books whose design and unit dispersion is good, provide collective and solidarity, direct teaching by doing and living, guide to teacher and provide diversity, save teachers from doing plan. As a recommendation, in-service training seminars include illustrative practices should be arranged related to problems which are fixed. Besides, lack of materials which will be used in activities should be overcame. In this way, it can be provided suitable teaching for curriculum.