Abstract:

  The 1957 is a milestone for science education. The technology producing race that has began with sending first spacecraft into space by Russians, many coun- tries focus on developing science curricula in order to train effective human power. To keep up with these developments; in 2005 "constructivist" educational philoso- phy based program has been put into practice, which is one of the greatest reform movements in history of the Republic of Turkey. Effectiveness of a training pro- gram depends on the successful implementation. In this context, the purpose of this study, to reveal the difficulties encountered during the implementation of science and technology curriculum that has been put into practice in 2005, and to develop solutions to these challenges within the framework of teachers' views. Research is a case study based on the scan model. The research took place in 2010-2011 with the participation of 48 science and technology teacher. To this end, 5-point likert-type scale consisting of 48 items and 4 open-ended questions were developed by re- searchers. The Cronbach's alpha coefficient was measured as 0.932. Data that was gained from scale was classified as taking into account the sub-dimensions that are content, teaching-learning and assessment. Obtained quantitative data's percentage, frequency, arithmetic mean and standard deviation values were determined and de- picted by using SPSS 16.0 package program. The qualitative data that are gained from open-ended questions was been subjected to content analysis. Based on the findings, Teachers faced with fewer problems in terms of the gains and content of the new program; on the other hand, in terms of teaching-learning process and assessment they faced with more problems relatively. Within the scope of research; on the basis of opinions from teachers, pro- posals for solutions were presented.

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