Attitudes of teachers towards chemistry curricula

Abstract

In the paper, we presented results of the research of attitudes of teachers towards Chemistry curricula and the ways they use information from different segments of programmes for planning and realisation of different activities in teaching. The questionnaire was used for obtaining the results of attitudes of teachers of primary, secondary, vocational and high school in the territory of the Republic of Serbia (N=334). Results of the research showed that Chemistry teachers mostly use programmes for preparing annual plans (teaching topics, number of lessons, defining aims and outcomes and their operation), and far less for preparing some lessons, and they rely more on a course book. The activities, such as, introduction of new terms, systematisation of teaching materials and checking and following achievements, teachers most often state components 'aims/tasks and operational tasks/outcomes', and they think that components 'instruction for realisation/ways of programme realisation ', 'exercises and demonstration experiments' are necessary to be updated with new information and recommendations.

U radu su predstavljeni rezultati istraživanja stavova nastavnika prema nastavnim programima hemije, te kako nastavnici koriste informacije iz različitih komponenti programa za planiranje i realizaciju različitih aktivnosti u nastavi. Do stavova nastavnika osnovnih škola, srednjih škola i gimnazija sa teritorije Srbije (N = 334) došlo se analizom upitnika. Rezultati istraživanja pokazali su da nastavnici hemije najviše koriste programe za pripremu godišnjeg plana rada (nastavne teme, broj časova, definisanje ciljeva i ishoda, ako i njihova operacionalizacija), a znatno manje za pripremu pojedinih časova, u čemu se više oslanjaju na udžbenik. Za aktivnosti kao što su uvođenje novih pojmova, sistematizacija gradiva i praćenje i proveravanje postignuća, nastavnici najčešće navode komponente 'ciljevi/zadaci i operativni zadaci/ishodi', a smatraju da je komponente 'uputstvo za realizaciju/način ostvarivanja programa' i 'vežbe i demonstracioni ogledi', potrebno dopuniti novim informacijama i preporukama.