ABSTRACT
In this research, it is aimed to determine the level of attainment of students in Turkey with the common features that are aimed to be acquired by the students in the information technologies and software courses curricula of England, Australia, and the United States, which are developed countries that draw attention to the importance of information technologies and software education from early age. The research was carried out with 468 eighth grade, 450 twelfth grade students and 58 teachers in the province of Kayseri. In the scope of the qualitative data collection, teacher interview form was used. As for the quantitative part, "8th Grade Summative Test" and "12th Grade Summative Test" developed for the 8th and 12th grades were used. The results of the study are as follows: (1) 8th grade students could not reach any of the common critical behavioral objectives at the level of 75%, (2) 12th grade students could not reach any of the common critical behavioral objectives at the level of 75%, (3) 8th grade students' reaching levels of common behavioral objectives differed significantly according to the number of years in which information technologies and software courses were taken at school and students’ participation in out-of-school learning processes, (4) 12th grade students' reaching levels of common behavioral objectives differed significantly according to the number of years in which information technologies and software courses were taken at school and students’ participation in out-of-school learning processes (5) according to teachers' opinions, Turkey's curriculum should be revised according to the today’s requirements.
KEYWORDS: developed countries, information technology education, information technologies and software course curriculum
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