Teacher opinions toward outcomes of visual arts course taught in Turkey compliance with students with mental retardation

In the study, course achievements of visual art courses taught in Turkey are evaluated whether they are appropriate for mentally handicapped students according to visual arts and special education teachers opinions. The universe of the research contains 16 schools in 11 provinces in which mentally handicapped students are being educated and 15 visual arts and 27 special education classroom teachers. In this context; t-test was used in order to determine whether there is a statistically significant difference among the perception of teachers' ratings based on they are visual arts teacher or special education teacher and being male or female. In the study; 1. It is found out that the achievements of the current visual arts courses which forms the basis of all visual arts, all visual arts education shaped over it, ,are not achieved by an acceptable number or rate of students in terms of education thus they are not in compliance with mentally handicapped students, according to the teachers' opinions. 2. There are no significant differences among teacher opinions on achievement rates of mentally handicapped students achieving visual arts course outcomes, based on whether they are visual arts teachers or special education classroom teachers. 3. There are no significant differences among teacher opinions on achievement rates of mentally handicapped students achieving visual arts course outcomes, based on whether they are male or female. These results have been achieved. Also; At the end of research, there are recoomendations, put forward by the researcher based on emerging issues. Keywords: Visual Arts, Mental Retardation, Art Education