Abstract
INVESTIGATION OF 2015 AND 2017 PRIMARY SCHOOL TURKISH CURRICULA OBJECTIVES ACCORDING TO REVISED BLOOM'S TAXONOMY
The aim of this study is to examine the objectives of the 2015 and 2017 primary school Turkish curricula according to the revised Bloom taxonomy. The qualitative research method and the document analysis technique were used, and a total of 392 cognitive domain objectives, including 168 in the 2015 curriculum and 224 in 2017 curriculum, were examined. In the analysis of the data, content analysis was adopted, frequency and percentage values were presented. Two-dimensional revised Bloom taxonomy was used in the coding of the data. As a result of the study, when the objectives of the 2015 curriculum are examined based on the knowledge dimension of the revised taxonomy, it was seen that the objectives are mostly in procedural knowledge type, it was followed by factual, conceptual and meta-cognitive knowledge types. When the objectives of the 2015 curriculum are examined based on the cognitive process dimension, it was revealed that most of the objectives were at applying, understanding and analyzing levels in order. On the other hand, when the cognitive domain objectives of the 2015 curriculum are examined, it is seen that the number of objectives has increased by 56 objectives. Moreover, when the objectives of 2017 curriculum is considered in terms of the knowledge dimension, it is seen that the vast majority of objectives are in factual and procedural knowledge types, and in terms of the cognitive process dimension, it appears that the vast majority of gains are related to low-level cognitive processes (remembering, understanding, applying). In the light of the results reached in the study, it is suggested that more objectives should be made in the type of conceptual knowledge and meta-cognitive knowledge and in high-level cognitive processes (analyzing, evaluating, and creating).
Keywords
Turkish education, Turkish curriculum, revised Bloom’s taxonomy, objective.