Prospective teachers’ views about the problems of Turkish educational system

Authors

  • Kürşad Yılmaz Dumlupınar University
  • Yahya Altınkurt Dumlupınar University

Keywords:

Turkish educational system, problems, prospective teacher

Abstract

The aim of the research is to determine prospective teachers’ views about problems in the Turkish educational system. The research is a survey model study. The research group consists of 91 volunteer prospective teachers attending Faculty of Education, Dumlupınar University. The participants are asked to define the most crucial five problems in the Turkish education system in writing and explain those issues in a justifiable way. Descriptive analysis technique is used for data analysis. According to the prospective teachers included in the study, the most crucial problems in the Turkish educational system are as follows respectively: Central examinations, crowded classrooms, rote learning, insufficient equipment and physical structures, quality of the currently employed teachers, unfair access to education, politics (ideological discrimination and favoritism), and appointment of teachers, private teaching institutions, finance and vocational training issues.

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Author Biographies

Kürşad Yılmaz, Dumlupınar University

Dumlupınar University

Faculty of Education

Department of Educational Sciences

Yahya Altınkurt, Dumlupınar University

Yrd. Doç. Dr. Yahya ALTINKURT

Dumlupınar Universitesi Eğitim Fakultesi Eğitim Bilimleri Bölümü Eğitim Yönetimi, Teftişi, Ekonomisi ve PLanlaması Anabilim Dalı 

Published

2011-02-17

How to Cite

Yılmaz, K., & Altınkurt, Y. (2011). Prospective teachers’ views about the problems of Turkish educational system. Journal of Human Sciences, 8(1), 941–973. Retrieved from https://j-humansciences.com/ojs/index.php/IJHS/article/view/1503

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Educational Administration and Management