Teachers? views on 6th grade reading objectives in the renewed elementary Turkish language curriculum and evaluating these views

With this research, it was intended to determine and evaluate views of teachers relating to Primary Education II. Stage New Turkish Education Program 6th Class Reading Area that was begun to be applied throughout the country in 2006-2007 education year.The research was performed upon 175 Turkish teachers working in Afyonkarahisar, provincial centre and districts thereof.Data gathering instrument developed to determine views of the teachers relating to generality of the program and targets of 6th class reading area was composed of three questions concerning personal information, five questions concerning generality of the program and twenty questions concerning targets of 6th class reading area. The data obtained after implementation of data gathering instrument was analyzed in terms of gender, seniority and graduated school variables. Arithmetic average, frequency, percentage, standard deviation were used in analysis of the data; while t-test was used for independent groups in testing of two variables that may lead to differences in views of teachers, single variance analysis (ANOVA) test was used in testing of variables more than two. The findings were presented in tables and then interpreted. According to these findings, the teachers are in the opinion about program change that the new program may solve the existing problems and meet the interests and needs of students. In this matter, a considerable difference in terms of gender, seniority and graduated school variables was not found in views of the teachers relating to generality of the program. Likewise, there was not any considerable difference in views of the teachers attending the research relating to targets of Primary Education II. Stage Turkish Education Program 6th Class Reading Area in terms of gender, seniority and graduated school variables.Key Words: Renewed Elementary Turkish Language Curriculum, Reading, Teachers Views.