Solutions for barriers in curriculum implementation

Abstract

Achieving the desired level through education in society, conducting a planned and effective training in schools, reaching determined educational objectivities depend on the elimination of problems in an educational environment. Research often focuses on problems experienced in education, shortcomings, and responsibilities of schools and educators. Although schools constantly make curriculum changes to be more successful in education, these changes and reforms, which are not fully understood and internalized by teachers, often remain only written documents that are tried to be adapted with half practices. For this reason, it is necessary to minimize the problems and increase efficiency in education by producing permanent solutions. As a result, in this study, the roles of teachers in the curriculum implementation process are presented. And the effects of their differences, ideas and beliefs, are underlined as well. Moreover, examples of problems and some solution suggestions about curriculum implementation are focused on. Teachers need motivation, self-confidence, participation in curriculum development studies, training for curriculum implementation, and professional development. I have suggested few strategies in this paper for the effective implementation of the curriculum.