Forum On Curricular Issues - Implementation of the Curriculum and Its Effect on Teacher Motivation

1. Implementation of the Curriculum &
its Effect on Teachers’ Motivation
Group C:
Çiğdem Atilla Hiçyılmaz
Aslı Gülerbaşlı
Derya Bozdoğan
A. Ece Çalışkan
Tuba Korkmaz
Başak Ergüven
Jonathan Smith
Betül Doğdu
Müsteyde İrikoğlu

2. What is the Curriculum?
A ‘bible’ A ‘guide’
set in stone evolving as a
to be followed tool to achieve
slavishly the objectives

3. Different Views
• Different Teachers – different views
• Curriculum Team
• Institution
• (Learners)

4. What do we mean by
Implementation?
• Day-to-day decisions about teaching in the
classroom
• Catering to individual students’ needs &
learning styles, interests, dynamics of the
class, etc.
• Pacing
• Individual teacher’s style of teaching

5. Autonomy
• Relationship between L and T autonomy
• Complete freedom vs Flexibility and
responsibilities (within certain constraints)
• All Ts at different stages of autonomy

6. Fostering T Autonomy:
• Ongoing professional & personal development
• Constructive feedback on performance
• Encouraging materials production
• Opportunity to make choices
• Openness to feedback
• Circulation of responsibilities

7. Teacher Involvement Ownership &
Empowerment
• Feedback on text book to inform future
choices
• Purposeful meetings & focus groups
• Feel part of the decision-making process
• Team projects for Ts
• Ts having a say on St performance
• Flexibility of implementation
• Appreciation & recognition

8. Building a Learning Culture
• Whole community involved in continuous
learning process
• Communication & collaboration between all
stakeholders
• Approach – non-judgmental, safe & secure,
transparent
• Teaching approach : S v T centred
• Sense of belonging – valuing everybody, co- /
extra-curricular activities
• Common understanding of curriculum

9. Coursebook, Materials & Task Types
• Authentic materials, multi media, social media
• Tasks: product vs process based
• Feeling comfortable with adapting &
supplementing the coursebook
• Testing hand-in-hand with teaching

10. Stress & Burnout
• More holidays : less working hours
• Realistically paced curriculum –
expectations,pacing & timing