The views of the teachers regarding the level of the acquisition achievement of the social sciences course by the sixth graders in the elementary education (The example of Diyarbakir province)

In the age that we live; systems, communities, individuals and needs change every day. The education system that is in charge of guiding those individuals who need to keep up with the changes has a huge responsibility. The effects of those changes are not only peculiar to students, but also to every single person of the education system. All parts of any given society, from the student and the family to the teacher and the whole education bureaucracy, are to some extent affected by those changes. It has been clearly seen that the conventional education system has failed to produce the type of students that the age demands. The process of producing the type of students that the age requires has quite a long and complex structure because this process is a matter of concern for all parts of society. The societies that are unable to keep up with those changes start to go backwards. What is important thing to do is to offer radical and constructive solutions to prevent this regression.In the 2005-2006 school year, a new education programme commenced, to be applied in certain cities and at some schools in our country. After satisfactory feedback resulted from this education programme, it was decided that this programme be applied to all sixth graders in the whole country in the 2006-2007 school year.As is known, the new curriculum of Social Sciences was applied in all schools in the sixth grade in the 2006-2007 school year. To this end, we have started such a survey in order to find out the level of the acquisition achievement, which is of the greatest importance to this programme. Since the programme is new, we do not have clear results, therefore, it was necessary to ask for the teachers? opinions to reveal the level of the achievement of the acquisition, which we have done in this work.The Survey-Scanning Model has been used in this work to determine the views of the Social Sciences level of achievement of the course acquisition. In accordance with this model, the views and suggestions of the Social Sciences teachers working in the Elementary Schools with regard to the matter have been included.The survey was conducted on 230 Social Sciences Teachers working in the Elementary Schools in the city of Diyarbakır under the Ministry of Education. In the survey, as the instrument to collect data, ?The Survey Sheet related to the level of the achievement of the acquisition of the 6. Grade Social Sciences course (Attachment I)?, which consists of three parts, were used. The data obtained from 155 survey forms have been analyzed with the techniques of frequency, percentage average, and t and f tests with the help of SPSS statistics programme.Key Words: Social Sciences Programme, Acquisition, The Scope of Learning, Activity