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Curriculum determines the knowledge, skills, and values to be gained by students through a course or subject and guides the learning process. The correct understanding of the curricula, which can be considered the constitution of the courses to be taught in formal education institutions, by teachers makes a great contribution to the teaching process. This study, in which the curriculum literacy levels of geography teachers were examined, was conducted in a descriptive survey model, which is one of the non-experimental quantitative research methods. The data of the research conducted with 333 geography teachers working in different provinces in Turkey were collected by using "Curriculum Literacy Perception Scale," developed by Keskin and Korkmaz (2021). The scale, which was transformed into an online form by the researchers, was filled in by geography teachers on a voluntary basis. As a result of the research, it was determined that geography teachers' perceptions of curriculum literacy level did not show a significant difference according to gender or the type of faculty. It was determined that the curriculum literacy level perceptions of geography teachers who participated in the curriculum development study, had high professional seniority, and frequently used the curriculum were high. In light of the findings of the research, it is recommended that geography teachers be given training on the curriculum, that geography teachers be included more in future curriculum preparation studies, that studies be carried out to increase the frequency of use of the curriculum, and that senior teachers transfer their experiences to other teachers.

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