Assessment of the curriculum of Turkish language teaching in the 2nd grade of primary education in terms of critical thinking skills

This study aims to assess Turkish language teaching program of the 2nd grade primary school in terms of critical thinking skills. The document examination method, a qualitative research method, was employed in the research. Giving information on the general structure, and content of Turkish language teaching program (6-7-8), gains there from were reviewed. These gains were classified under the titles of critical thinking skills. In the reviewed Turkish language teaching program (6-7-8), 158 gains among the total of 228 under the fields of reading, listening/following, speaking, writing, learning, and grammar were found to be intended for critical thinking skills. It was further ascertained that, these gains were intended more for application and analyzing skills than those of critical thinking. (C) 2011 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Selection and/or peer-review under responsibility of Prof. Huseyin Uzunboylu.