The opinions of chemistry teachers on application of chemistry curriculum [Kimya dersi yeni öǧretim programinin uygulanmasina gligkin öǧretmen görügleri]

The new curriculum of chemistry has been put into action progressively since 2007. teachers are certainly one of the most important components of applying the curriculums and it is important to determine the opinions of teachers about the curriculum. within the aim of this view,a scale is developed by the researcher. this scale is applied to 99 chemistry teachers from every city of turkey who joined to the pre-service course of chemistry curriculum arranged by ministry of national education. factor analysis is applied into the scale and it is determined that the scale consists of 4 factors. cronbach's alpha reliability coefficient is found 0,85. the frequencies and percentage of teachers' opinions on the scale is stated and also,teachers' opinions are statistically analyzed according to the variables of gender,kind of school,title and years on job. consequently,the results show that teachers have some insufficiencies on the assessment and evaluation,and the content of the objectives are highly comprehended by the teachers while it is reached that 10th grade chemistry topics are too dense. moreover,a meaningful correlation is found statistically between the form of the curriculum and the gender while there is no statistical significant difference among the variables of title,years on job and the type of school served.