TEACHERS VIEWS ON CURRICULUM DEVELOPED SINCE 2005: A CONTENT ANALYSIS OF THE RESEARCHES BETWEEN 2005 AND 2011

The purpose of this study is to state a synthesized outcome though reviewing the research studies reported teachers’ views on curricula in 2005 and later, and studies published over the years of 2005-2011. For this purpose, national and international journals were reviewed and 50 articles were selected based on the pre-determined criteria. The selected studies were subjected to content analysis using article analysis form. The analyses pointed out that teachers had positive views on the contribution of the recently developed curriculum, but they had difficulties during the implementation of the programs due to several problems (e.g. the lack of in-service training, teachers’ lack of equipment, infra-structure problems crowded classrooms, lack of understanding of the program, inconsistency between curricula and tests (OKS, SBS etc), and insufficient time dedicated to the activities)