TEACHER'S OPINIONS ON EXPERT TEACHER EDUCATION

Abstract

Career planning and implementation of the teaching profession is a long-debated issue. The
Ministry of National Education published the Regulation on Candidate Teaching and Teaching
Career Steps on 12 May 2022. Teaching career steps in the relevant regulation; candidate teacher,
teacher, specialist teacher and head teacher. In addition to the basis of different years of service for
each career step, professional studies to be completed, training videos to be watched and success
conditions in the central exam are determined. In the published regulation, 180 hours of training
videos are watched for Specialization Teaching, while this period is 240 hours for head teachers.
The aim of this study is to determine the opinions of expert teacher candidates about 180 hours of
Expert Teacher Training Videos. The case study design, which is one of the qualitative research
designs, was used in the research. The sample of the study consists of expert teacher candidates
working in public schools in Diyarbakır. In this study, in which criterion sampling, one of the
purposeful sampling types, was used, semi-structured interview form was used as the data
collection tool, while descriptive analysis was used in the analysis of the data. From the findings, it
was seen that the teachers expressed negative opinions about the adequacy of expert teacher training
and the professional and individual development of the trainings. While it was seen that the
participants found the presentation materials presented in the trainings sufficient, it was seen that
they had positive opinions about the academicians who made the presentations. While it was seen
that there was a consensus on online education, it was seen that information technologies were
dominant in the views on improving education. While it was seen that all participants had negative
opinions about compulsory education, it was seen that there were different opinions about 180
hours of education.