ABSTRACT
The Justice and Development Party (AKP), which came to power as a single party in Turkey, has signed very important changes in education until the year 2014. These educational changes have fundamentally shifted the philosophy of education in Turkey (Inal, 2005). One of the main effective and extensive amendments in the educational system has been done with the primary school curriculum reform. The curriculum change was put into implementation in 2004 and reorganized teaching methods, teacher training, textbooks, and so on. The AKP declared that renewed curriculum would replace the former old-fashioned behaviorist approach, which had been criticized for being supportive of rote learning and teacher-centered education, with a constructivist approach (Ministry of National Education [MoNE], 2004a, pp. 227-28). The constructivist approach has introduced a number of new concepts into the educational system, such as student-centered education, guidance teacher, multiple intelligence approach, and educational duties on efficiency and performance.
