Curriculum Reform in Turkey:
A Case of Primary School
Mathematics Curriculum
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Gazi Üniversitesi, Ankara, TURKEY
Publication date: 2007-10-23
EURASIA J. Math., Sci Tech. Ed 2007;3(3):203-212
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The purpose of this study was to analyze the newly developed elementary school (grades 1
through 8) mathematics curriculum by considering 5th grade students’ and classroom
teachers’ views. The analysis of the curriculum was realized in three dimensions; (1)
Classroom management – classroom physical and emotional environments, teacher and
student roles, and interactions, (2) Instruction – objectives, planning, implementation,
method and techniques, instructional media, and measurement and evaluation, and (3)
Strengths (and/or benefits) and weaknesses (and/or limitation). Qualitative case study
method was utilized with the participation of three elementary school teachers and their
forty-three fifth grade students were invited. The responses gathered from the participants
were content analyzed and then the codes were categorized. The findings indicated that
several changes have been done and reflected into the classroom implementation and
student-centered approaches have been incorporated into the instruction. On the other
hand, some difficulties emerge during the implementation due to lack of infrastructure.