Investigation of TBMM Representatives’ Perceptions of Turkish Education Policies

Representatives have broad authority in the establishment of Turkish education policies. With the globalization in the world, it is important for elected representatives to be able to determine long-term education policies appropriate to modern philosophies and technology besides meeting with the needs of the society in this direction. For this reason, education, training and management policies are included in the codes and programs of political parties. The aim of this research is to reveal the opinions of the representatives about Turkish education policies. Answers were sought for the questions reflecting cultural and moral values of Turkish education curriculum about the reflection of international exam results on Turkish education policies; training of teachers in Turkey; policy making regarding employment and qualifications; employment of school administrators. Maximum variation sampling method was employed for choosing study group. Five representatives participated in the research which is designed in phenomenology. Semi-structured interview form developed by the researcher was used to collect the data. The findings of the research are related to international exams: the improvement of educational policies, conditional acceptance and the importance of international exams; regarding teacher training policies: qualitative problems, formation, ideological and theoretical orientations; employment of teachers: decrease in academic success, balance of supply and demand and not to feel cultural belonging; employment processes of managers: the importance of merit, the need for postgraduate education and trade union negativities; reflection of the curriculum on the values: insufficiency of the curriculum, application deficiencies and cultural erosion.

Keywords

Education Management, Education Policies, Education System, Legislative Power, Representatives