Assessment applicability of 2005 social studies curriculum in multigrade classes according to teacher views: A qualitative research

This research is a qualitative study that is done to asses applicability of 2005 social studies curriculum in multıgrade classes according to teacher views. The data of this research is acquired of 32 class teachers working in center of Afyonkarahisar and its counties. The views about the program, the expectation from the program, the difficulties during lesson of teachers teaching the social studies in multigrade classes are tried to defined by using interview method. In the interviews, ?Teacher interview form? about which the expert views were taken and which was prepared as semi-structured by researcher has been used. The data that were come up at the end of the research have been assessed and analyzed properly to qualitative research methods.At the result of the research,it has been seen that the teachers of multigrade classes assess 2005 social studies curriculum as the program like student centered learning positive according to today?s conditions. However ,it has been seen that social studies curriculum applied in independent classes, there has been some difficulties about gain,content,time of lerning-teaching ,assesment and evaluation while it is applied in multigrade classes in different conditions.At the same time,there has been suggestions about alternatives that may be done in the program toward to view of multigrade classes teachers about social studies curriculum.