Journal Name:
- The Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education
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Abstract (2. Language):
A new national curriculum in all subject areas is about to be introduced in elementary
schools in Turkey. The new curriculum is based on a “Constructivist” approach. This
discussion paper focuses on the new curriculum for English as a foreign language, noting
that teachers need information about the philosophy of the new curriculum and how its
different elements support each other. The paper sets the curriculum reform in the
context of international objectives in education such as the Dakar Conference, the Pisa
project, Socrates programmes, the Common European Framework for Languages and the
European Language Portfolio. The paper discusses the role of electronic learning in inservice
training in both ongoing and one-shot teacher training programmes. The paper
identifies four specific challenges and proposes solutions for a successful implementation
of the new curriculum. The four challenges are how to make up the new curriculum
comprehensible to teachers, how to help teachers develop their own materials, how to
persuade teachers to participate in training process, and how to help teachers share their
ideas.
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