9. INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CONGRESS
COMPARISON OF PRESCHOOL EDUCATION PROGRAM WITH SOCIAL STUDIOS AND LIFE SCIENCES COURSES TEACHING PROGRAM IN TERMS OF SKILLS AND EFFECTIVE SUGGESTIONS
Yazarlar:
Rojda SAK
Nur ÜTKÜR GÜLLÜHAN
The aim of the research is to investigate the ‘preschool education programme in terms of skills and social studies and life science courses curriculum’ by comparing them and offering activity suggestions. The research is a qualitative research. The sample of the research consists of ‘2013 Preschool Education Programme’, ‘2018 Social Studies Curriculum’ and ‘2018 Life Science Curriculum’. The data collection method is ‘document analysis’. The Republic of Turkey preschool education programme, social studies and life science curriculum were accessed through the official website of the ‘Ministry of National Education’. The analysis of the data was tried to be analysed by comparing the documents from which the data were collected in terms of skills. The results of the study revealed that there are common skills in the pre-school curriculum and the social studies curriculum, and that the skills are not addressed separately in the pre-school curriculum and are included in the learning outcomes. Most of the outcomes are skills. This is due to the fact that the programme is skill-based. Skills are given separately in the social studies curriculum. In the introduction of each learning area, the relevant skill is given before the outcomes are given. In life sciences, the skills to be acquired are given in the introduction of each grade level. The teacher can teach the skill given in the unit he/she wants. As a result, most of the skills in the pre-school education programme are the continuation of the skills in the life science and social studies curriculum. Researchers can design activities from other skills that are not covered for each of the preschool, life science and social studies levels. They can make diversifiable activities suitable for different grade levels. They can observe the benefits of these activities by implementing them.