Secondary School Religious Culture and Ethic Teachers' Level of Using Alternative Techniques of Measurement and Evaluation and the Problems Which They Have Encountered

Abstract

This study aims to identify secondary school RCE teachers' level of using alternative techniques of measurement and evaluation, to find the encountered problems and to purpose solution suggestions for those problems. The study group consists of 147 RCE teachers who worked in secondary schools of Sivas city center in 2014-2015 academic years. It was aimed to reach 147 teachers, but only 120 teachers could be reached. So, the percentage of reaching the target group is % 81,63. Moreover, we interviewed with 10 teachers who were chosen randomly from the target group. Both quantitative and qualitative data were obtained from the questionnaire which was applied to the teachers. While analyzing the quantitative data, charts were prepared by using percentages and frequency values. At the subsections of charts explanations were written. While analyzing the qualitative data we used descriptive analysis techniques. When we evaluated the results of the study, it was seen that of performance works, projects, observation and concept map techniques were used much more than the rest of the techniques. It was found that teachers' gender, age and the graduated programs dramatically affected their level of using techniques of measurement and evaluation.