Evaluation of sociology program in high school curriculum

Only is it probable for individuals contribute to their society with regard to economic, social and cultural development when they comprehend the structure, function and change in the society, be aware of social laws they bound to in adapting themselves to the social life and acquire necessary knowledge and thinking capability. In high schools such kind of knowledge and skills are covered by the teaching of Sociology. It has great importance that to what extend the Sociology Program functions in covering the knowledge and skills aimed to be acquired by high school students. Therefore, this situation brings about the need of evaluating Sociology Program in High School Curriculum. The main purpose of this study is to evaluate Sociology Program in High School Curriculum through questionnaires answered by both the teachers teaching Sociology and by th,e students taking this course. The study was conducted based on the data collected from 45 Sociology teachers and 500 students in high schools in the academic year of 1999-2000. The data were collected by two questionnaires one of which was prepared for teachers and the other for students. IVThe analysis of the data was carried out by the SPSS computer program and as a statistical technique the figures and percentages were used. The results of the study indicates that Sociology Program is satisfactory and appropriate except its content; students have positive interest and attitudes towards the Sociology course; and teachers have a general agreement on attainment to in-service training programs in order to be more effective on teaching the subjects where difficulties have been experienced.