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MEB has made several major overhauls on Turkey's curriculum over the past two decades. Most recent revision MEB made on the Turkish curriculum was in 2017 which had been planned to go in effect in 2018-2019 terms. The Revision  rearranged 51 courses in 176 grade levels, it changed the main philosophy of affected teaching programs .

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What Were The Underlying Reasons for the Revision?

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What Were The Underlying Reasons for the Revision?

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Pushing MEB into making such an extensive revision in the curriculum, there were two major reasons, that were connected. Frist reason was, in the modern which we are in the changes in sociocultural aspects of life and rapid developments made in technologic and scientific required individuals with different qualities and qualifications. According to MEB the previous curriculum was not able to provide the exact needs of this time period . Second reason is, Turkey's position in international exams, rapports and scientific research was reviewed by MEB and they decided the need for a change was in order. What connects these two reasons is MEB deciding on the incompetency of the previous curriculum.

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What is the Core Element That was Introduced as the Main Focus of  all the Teaching Programs in the National Curriculum?

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What is the Core Element That was Introduced as the Main Focus of  all the Teaching Programs in the National Curriculum?

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According to MEB the revised curriculum had a different focal point than the previous ones; values & teaching of values. To raise individuals who has the cultural knovledge and values to function in the society MEB introduced the ten root values. Ten root values are as follows; justice, friendship, honesty, self-regulation, patience, respect, love, responsibility, being patriotic, helpfulness.

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1)Justice includes; being just, treating people equally and willingness to share. 2)Friendship includes; collaboration, compassion, being able to trust, helpfulness. 3)Honesty includes; being honest, keeping promises, being trustworthy. 4Self-regulation includes; taking the responsiblity of one's behavior, apologizing f necessary, having self-confidence. 5)Patience includes; perserverance and endurence. 6)Respect includes; valueing other personalities, being down to earth, treating others the same way one would want themselves to be treated. 7)Love includes; family values, selfless action, trust and mercy. 8)Responsibility includes; being coherent and trustworthy, showing responsibility. 9) Being Patriotic includes, being hardworking, following the law, sensitivity towards cultural, historical and natural heritance. 10)helpfulness includes, generousity, cooperation, sharing.

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What are the General  Competencies and Skills That were Aimed to Develop in the Students Through the Teaching Programs?

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What are the General  Competencies and Skills That were Aimed to Develop in the Students Through the Teaching Programs?

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To match the age's standarts MEB also introduced 9 competencies inpired by Europe's educational competency list. These are the competencies that were aimed to develop in the students through teaching programs; communication in the first language, communication in foreing languages, mathematical competency, scientific and technological competency, digital competency, learning how to learn, entrepenaurship, social and public competencies, cultural awareness and expression. According to these competencies, the students are aimed to excel in areas such as; developing positive attitudes towards foreign cultures and languages, preparing a word presentation or a simple website, being able to talk about latest news and developments in science and technology. A competent student according to MEB's competency list would be able to do the things that are listed before and possibly a combination of them, for example; giving a presentation to the classroom about technology and science in a foreign language.

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In This New Curriculum Revision Movement Were the Primary and  Secondary ELTPs Revised AS WELL?

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In This New Curriculum Revision Movement Were the Primary and  Secondary ELTPs Revised AS WELL?

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Answer to the question is in the screeshare video below.

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https://tinyurl.com/w42oaw6
https://tinyurl.com/t6mtz4z