The Study of Preschool Teachers’ and Principals’ Opinions on Turkish Education System

Abstract

The present study conducted with preschool teachers and principals working in preschool educational institutions in Alanya, a district of the province Antalya. In the study group, there were 89 female participants that were determined via easy sampling method. Qualitative research method and content analysis technique were used to analyze the data. When the findings are examined in line with the sub-goals, it was seen that the ideas were gathered under four categories: “General education system”, “teacher's rights”, “family” and “other”. The most important problems expressed in this direction were the quality of the education system, continuously changing programs and applications, inequality of opportunities, test-focused system, crowded classes, lack of funds supporting education, teaching in the form of double-schedule education. It is recommended that continuity of this study should be ensured via quantitative and mixed methods, and all stakeholders’ opinions should be taken into consideration.