Investigation of the New Information Technologies and Software Course Curriculum in terms of the Elements of the Curriculum

Abstract

Because of the fact that many dynamics such as social and economic changes, political policies, scientific developments, individual and social demands, universal developments, technological developments, and legal regulations are in interaction with the education system, insructional and educational programs should be developed. The curriculum development process is a dynamic process and on the basis of feedbacks received from different sources, the curriculum is revised and improved. In this regard, in the current study, it is aimed to investigate the new Information Technologies and Software course curriculum. The data of the study were collected by using the document analysis method and the collected data were subjected to content analysis. The Information Technologies and Software course curriculum aims to impart the 21st century learner skills to learners and presents objectives and goals in line with this target. In this sense, this curriculum can be said to be a curriculum based on universal competences. In addition, the most important point in this process is to take the opinions of stakeholders in each step, suitable conditions to achieve the objectives should be provided and the required steps should be taken to make the curriculum up-to-date in light of technological developments.