Özet:

It is considered that an individual, who is a social entity, must acquire the literacy skills that are at the beginning of the basic concepts in order to fully participate in the social life and meet the vital needs in the best way. The programs used in education are the guides that are developed in accordance with the needs in order to gain the knowledge, skills, values and attitudes in the desired direction and that ensuring the learning-teaching processes are realized on a regular basis. It can be said that the educational program literacy is related to the ability to examine, understand, plan and use programs, and also the basic professional skills to be employed by teacher and teacher candidates. As a result of the literature review, it was concluded that there were not many studies on the functionality and applicability of educational program literacy. In this study, it is aimed to explain, define the concept of literacy in education program and examine it in the context of the applicability and functionality of literacy in education program in light of other types of literacy. Therefore, literature review method was used in this study in an effort to make theoretical explanations about the concept of program literacy in relation with the indicators of program literacy, and the applicability and functionality of the program. It is thought that the applicability and functionality of the program can be used in all dimensions as the teachers' mastery of the programs will increase with the program literacy skills. For this reason, pre-service and in-service trainings should ensure that teachers and teacher candidates can become program literate.