Curriculum Reform and Teacher Autonomy in Turkey: The Case of the History Teaching

Autor/in	Ozturk, Ibrahim Hakki
Titel	Curriculum Reform and Teacher Autonomy in Turkey: The Case of the History Teaching
Quelle	4 (2011) 2, S.113-128 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1694-609X
Schlagwörter	Professional Autonomy; Curriculum Development; Educational Change; Foreign Countries; History Instruction; Teaching Methods; Secondary Education; Secondary Schools; Teacher Role; Educational Innovation; Student Needs; Student Interests; Student Centered Curriculum; Textbook Selection; Textbooks; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Berufsfreiheit; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Bildungsreform; Ausland; History lessons; Geschichtsunterricht; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Sekundarbereich; Sekundarschule; Lehrerrolle; Instructional innovation; Bildungsinnovation; Studieninteresse; Textbook; Text book; Schulbuch; Lehrbuch; Türkei
Abstract	In recent years, the curriculum programs have been changed dramatically in Turkey, as part of a comprehensive reform initiative. The history curriculum for secondary schools was subjected to this transformation as well. This study examines the curriculum reform in terms of teacher autonomy, a key-concept for the comprehension and improvement of the teachers' role in education. The study aims to analyze whether the change in the curriculum has brought any significant innovation regarding the teacher autonomy. According to study's findings, the new history curriculum fails to construct a new framework that is able to provide to teachers a broad sphere of power and autonomy which could allow and encourage them to assume a greater role in the curriculum planning and implementation. This situation is evidently in contradiction with the main reform's goals such as the development of student-centered teaching methods focusing on the needs, interests and demands of the students and considering their diversities. (As Provided).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10