The analysis on the teachers' views about the efficiency of the acquisitions in 2013 pre-school education programs on the application

The aim of this study is to evaluate the teachers' views about the assessment of the efficiency in the application of Pre-School education program implemented by Ministry of National Education in the Academic Year of 2013-2014. In this sense, 78 teachers who are employed in public schools with nursery class and in the independent nursery schools in Batman that are connected to the Ministry of National Education were interviewed. Within the scope of the interview, the attendants are directed semi-structured questions and efficiency of the program is evaluated. In the study, qualitative research design is used. The research data are collected with interview forms, and N-VIVO-8 program is used in the data analysis. A theme is created for every question, and totally seven themes are composed. When these themes are analyzed, it is possible to see the differences caused by daily education flow, the impact of activity plan on the acquisitions, the role of activity types on the acquisition, the sufficiency and contribution of acquisitions and indications, the difficulties faced in the program, the problems encountered in the application process, solution proposals and the differences between the old and new program. When the conclusions are evaluated under these themes, it is understood that there are changes in the size of the activities, and the plan provides flexibility to the teacher in the course of teaching as well as being useful, neat, understandable and applicable. Besides, it is seen that the dimensions of the plan preparation and evaluation have changed. It has been determined that the activity plan contributes in a positive way and it conforms to the acquisitions and makes the teaching process more systematic. While most of the attendants have found the activity types as being satisfactory and combining the activities contributes the child's improvement, few of them have maintained that they are not adequate. When the conclusions about the acquisitions and indications are analyzed, it is concluded that the acquisitions are satisfactory, clear, understandable and detailed, and they are suitable for the children's ages. The difficult parts of the program are the low levels of ages, unsuitable class design, having a lot of evaluations and the difficulty of planning process. The problems encountered in the course of the implementation process are the lack of materials, not informing the teachers, long process of preparing a plan and the mixed aged groups. When the solution proposals are mentioned, the attention is mostly drawn to the fact that teachers should be informed of the plan and asked for their opinions, they should also be trained before the application. In addition to these, organizing a good class environment and renewing the evaluation part are the other important issues addressed. The main difference of the new program from the old one is that it is generally more detailed, student-centered, more flexible and more applicable.