LEARNING STRATEGIES IN THE CURRICULA OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS*

 Prof. Dr. Bekir Özer
Anadolu Üniversity Faculty of Education
Department of Educational Sciences
bozer@anadolu.edu.tr

Abstract

Learning to learn is a very important component of effective learning and it includes learning strategies. Students need to learn and use learning strategies for effective learning in schools. In this research it was aimed to identify whether learning strategies have been taught to students sufficiently or not in elementary and secondary schools. The research was carried out with a sample of 349 teachers teaching in those schools in Eskişehir during the academic year of 2001-2002. The data were collected by means of a questionnaire. The results indicated that learning strategies were taught insufficiently in schools, teachers believed it was useful or necessary to teach learning strategies, teachers declared that they had not enough knowledge about learning strategies in order to be able to teach them effectively and they were eager to participate in an inservice training program about learning strategies.

Keywords
Learning to learn, learning strategies,
teaching of learning strategies.

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