The evaluation of turkish literature teaching programme for 9th grade classes according to the high school teachers? perceptions about critical thinking

In this study, it has been intended to assess that Turkish Language and Literature teachers in Çanakkale province center and districts evaluate Turkish Literature Program of 9th classes in terms of critical thinking.Screening model has been used as the Research method. A survey form has been developed for data collection. The first part of the survey included eight questions has been prepared as ?personal information? questionnaire and the second section consisted of 55 questions as "determining vision of teachers on Turkish Literature Program of 9th classes in terms of critical thinking?. Survey consists of 55 articles in a total six dimensions. Five options is given in front of each item to indicate the frequency of the behavior to be seen. These are rated from the most negative to the most positive as ?I certainly do not agree- certainly agree? (1-5). Reliability of the survey has been identified with Cronbach Alpha. The reliability survey has been applied on 50 teachers. Reliability of the survey has been found as .9021. All the applied surveys have been accepted completely as reliable and practiced.At the end of the survey; text selection of Turkish Literature Program of the 9th classes has been found to be partially sufficient in terms of critical thinking. Feasibility level of the critical thinking dimension of Turkish Literature Program of the 9th classes has been found to be sufficient. By means of teacher views, students? feasibility skills of the critical thinking dimension, taking part in Turkish Literature Program of the 9th classes, has been found to be partially sufficient. Texts taking part in the critical thinking dimension of Turkish Literature Program of the 9th classes has been found to be sufficient in terms of evaluating text-author-reader relationship. The critical thinking dimension of Turkish Literature Program of the 9th classes has been found to be sufficient in terms of skills of practicing with different techniques. Finally, evaluation of universality of the critical thinking dimension of Turkish Literature Program of the 9th classes has been found to be partially sufficient.