Teacher Roles in Primary School Mathematics Curricula of the Republican Period

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This study aims to examine the teacher roles in primary school mathematics curricula employed during the Republican period. We identified ten official primary school mathematics curricula documents issued between the period of 1924 and 2015. All the documents are put to examination through the content analysis method in order to identify the roles assigned to the teachers. For the analysis of the data, reliability study was performed. The analysis revealed ten different categories of roles defined for teachers. These categories are related to the development of (mathematical) thinking skills, remediation of student deficiencies, supporting affective qualities, creating effective teaching environments and to the issue of equity. Our analysis suggests an historical perspective to understand the teacher roles that have and/or have not changed during the Republican period. Hence this study provides an opportunity to evaluate the teacher roles assumed in the official curricula documents for teaching mathematics during the Republican Period from a historical perspective.