The evaluation of physic teacher's views regarding the physics curriculum in terms of various variables [Fizik dersi ögretim programina ilişkin ögretmen görüşlerinin çeşitli degişkenler açisindan degerlendirilmesi]

Abstract

The new physics curriculum has progressively come into effect since 2007. It is important to determine the teacher's view about curriculum since they are the most important stakeholders of education programs. In accordance with this purpose, 104 physics teachers from every part of Turkey involved in the physic course education programs numbered 208 and organized by National Ministry of Education. The teachers were applied by the scale. The Cronbach' alfa reliability coefficient of the scale was found as 0.87. The views of teachers related to the scale of the provisions were assessed as the frequency and percentage. In addition, the teacher's views were statistically analyzed according to the variables such as gender, school type, degree and period of service. PASW statistic 18 program was used for data analysis. At the end of the research, results showed that, teacher had positive views about four subscales named structure of curriculum, dimensions of curriculum, relation of environment-time on curriculum and scientific skills on curriculum. Moreover, it was determined that there is significant relationship between gender and teacher's view on teaching programs whereas there is no significant relationship in terms of the variables such as degree, the type of school and occupational seniority.