期刊名称:International Journal of Eurasia Social Sciences
印刷版ISSN:2146-1961
出版年度:2018
卷号:34
页码:1-35
出版社:Avrasya Değerler Eğitimi Derneği
摘要:The purpose of this research is to present the problems in Turkish education system from the
perspectives of the educators involved within. The research is a phenomenological study. The
study group is composed of 41 participants including teachers, school principals, deputy
principals, educational inspectors and branch directors who study at Gaziantep University’s
Educational Administration, Supervision, Planning and Economics non-thesis master’s program.
The data was collected via “Form of Thematic Problems” and analyzed with the content analysis
method. The research set forth the problems related to teachers, students, administrators,
parents, physical substructure, financing and curriculum which represent the inputs of Turkish
education system. The participants reported deficiencies and problems regarding each of these
components. Analysis of data point to main problems with regard to teacher qualification,
teacher professional development, job assignment and financial difficulties, working conditions;
intense exam pressure, student discipline problems; socioeconomic level of families; assignment
and training of administrators, management skills of administrators; school-parent relationships,
parental involvement; the physical location, architectural structure and elements of school
buildings; school budget, ignorance of regional differences regarding curricula documents,
content-related issues, and teachers’ familiarity of the programs. The study discusses the
educational implications of the findings and suggests certain solutions to reported difficulties.