Examination of textbooks taught in special education application schools by teachers

The aim of this study is examination the textbooks taught in Special Education Schools in terms of visual order and design, content, language expression and assessment and evaluation criteria according to teachers' opinions. 129 teachers from the provinces of Bolu, Düzce and Bartın in the Western Black Sea region participated in the study. Descriptive model, one of the quantitative research methods used in the study. The opinions of the teachers were taken with the help of a 74 questions questionnaire under 4 main topic which was prepared by the researcher. Data were analyzed using SPSS 25 statistical package program. In this study, firstly the opinions of all teachers about four criteria and then the opinions of teachers about this four criteria according to their seniority and graduation were examined. According to the research findings; it has been seen that the teachers found the textbooks taught in the Special Education Application Schools sufficient in terms of visual order-design, content and language expression but they found them insufficient in the assessment and evaluation. Moreover, the opinions of the teachers in terms of visual order-design and language expression criteria did not differ according to the professional seniority year, however, teachers with a seniority of 1-10 years indicated a negative opinion about the content, whereas teachers with a seniority of 11 years and above indicated a positive opinion and the teachers with a seniority of 1 to 10 years in terms of assessment and evaluation criteria indicated a positive opinion whereas the teachers with a seniority of 11 years and above stated negative opinions. When the opinions of the teachers according to graduation departments are examined; It has been found that there was no difference in visual layout-design, language expression and assessment and evaluation criteria, that the teachers stated a positive opinion about visual layout-design and language expression and a negative opinion about assessment and evaluation criteria. However, in terms of the content criterion, it has been seen there were differences in opinion of teachers according to the graduation departments. It has been seen that the teachers graduated from the special education department gave positive and negative answers to the questions about the content as half-and-half, whereas the teachers graduated from elementary school teaching department and the teachers of other branches gave positive answers to the questions about content. Thus, it was concluded that a general revision should be made in textbooks and that students' developmental levels and individual differences should be taken into consideration more.