THE OPINIONS OF TEACHER CANDIDATES ON EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES AND ITS LITERACY

Abstract

The education program has significant meanings in terms of educational processes and the quality
of education, as well as the teachers or prospective teachers who use or will use education programs
while teaching their lessons. The education program is an important guide that ensures planned and
scheduled execution of all steps from the beginning to the end of education. Educational program
literacy is another important element that ensures that this process is carried out correctly. In order
for teachers to be a good curriculum literate, they must first know the concepts in the field and
interpret them correctly. The education program is also the mechanism of learning experiences
provided to the learner through planned activities inside and outside the school. Curriculum literacy
can also be defined as having knowledge about curriculum, interpreting them, analyzing them from
a critical point of view and adapting curriculum in accordance with the conditions they are in.
Education program literacy therefore has to exist for teacher competencies. This research was
carried out to determine the opinions of prospective teachers about the curriculum and curriculum
literacy. 100 teacher candidates studying at Hatay Mustafa Kemal University Faculty of Education
participated in the study. A semi-structured interview form consisting of 4 questions was used in the
research in order to determine the opinions of prospective teachers. By making content analyzes
regarding the data collected through the interview form, the findings and results related to the
research were reached and various suggestions were made regarding the literacy of the education
program based on the results obtained.