Science Teachers’ Opinions about 5th Grade Students and Their Science Teaching Experiences after 4+4+4 System

Canan LAÇİN ŞİMŞEK; Aysun ÖZTUNA KAPLAN

Article Details

Science Teachers’ Opinions about 5th Grade Students and Their Science Teaching Experiences after 4+4+4 System

Authors:

Canan LAÇİN ŞİMŞEK | Aysun ÖZTUNA KAPLAN

Publisher:

Mustafa ÖZGENEL

Main Topics:

Education

Journal:

International Journal of Psychology and Educational Studies 2020 Vol.7 Issue 3, pp.111-125

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

9/2020

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000469681

Frequency:

Monthly

pISSN:

2148-9378

Abstract:

 

With the introduction of the 4+4+4 education system in 2012, the school starting age has been reduced
to 60 months and branch teachers started to attend classes starting from 5th grade. Therefore, in the
current study, there are two aims. Firstly it is aimed to determine the opinions and experiences of
science teachers having started to teach the 5th graders for the first time in the new education system.
Secondly, it is aimed to determine the opinions and experiences of science teachers having started to
teach the 5th grader students (including 9 years old) who started school in the 2012-2013 academic
year and ranked 5th in 2016-2017. The current research study is a phenomenological study conducted
on 22 teachers who taught to 5th graders in the 2016-2017 academic year and also had taught to 5th
graders in the previous academic year. The data of the study were collected through semi-structured
interviews. As a result of the study, it was determined that science teachers confront a number of
difficulties in terms of teaching to 5th graders, and these difficulties increase with the number of
students who started to school at an early age in a classroom. The teachers noted that students who
start school at an early age are not ready to school both from affective and cognitive aspects. They
also stated that they are required to deliver courses by making more activities and concretizing the
subjects. As the teachers participating in the study also highlighted, regulating the school starting
age to 72 months is important and necessary for both primary and middle school levels.

Article Details

Science Teachers’ Opinions about 5th Grade Students and Their Science Teaching Experiences after 4+4+4 System

Authors: Canan LAÇİN ŞİMŞEK | Aysun ÖZTUNA KAPLAN

Publisher: Mustafa ÖZGENEL

Main Topics: Education

Journal: International Journal of Psychology and Educational Studies 2020 Vol.7 Issue 3, pp.111-125

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 9/2020

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2000469681

Frequency: Monthly

pISSN: 2148-9378

Issues

Authors:

Canan LAÇİN ŞİMŞEK | Aysun ÖZTUNA KAPLAN

Publisher:

Mustafa ÖZGENEL

Main Topics:

Education

Journal:

International Journal of Psychology and Educational Studies 2020 Vol.7 Issue 3, pp.111-125

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

9/2020

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000469681

Frequency:

Monthly

pISSN:

2148-9378