Eğitim Programlarının Lise Öğretmenlerinin Görüşlerine Göre Değerlendirilmesi

The aim of this study is to evaluate and determine the functionality of each element of the high school curricula used in Turkey according to teachers’views. The study took a convergent parallel design, which is one of the mixed research methods. The participants included 366 high school teachers working in 21 public schools determined by random sampling technique. The quantitative data obtained through the "The Curriculum Evaluation Scale" developed by Baş (2016), while the qualitative data obtained through the semi-structured interview form. Descriptive statistics, frequency, percentage, arithmetic mean and standard deviation analysis techniques were used to analyse quantitative data, while content analysis method was used to analyse qualitative data. The results of the analysis of quantitative data showed that teachers' views on the curricula functionality is at the undecided level, but the Information Technology teachers’ views are at the agree level. Teachers’ views classified under different themes as positive and negative. The findings showed that the curricula’ functionality is at the midlevel and addressed within different themes. As positive themes, tachers mostly referred to the functionality, teacher competence, and consistency, while as negative themes, they mostly referred to the inappropriate for students, not functional, and inefficacy. The themes were stated and discussed in unity and suggestions were made in scope of the findings. To conclude, it is thought that the study provides a guiding contribution for all educational stakeholders in the curricula evaluating and developing processes.