The Identification of the Teacher's Beliefs about the Value of the six Curriculum Orientations

The present study which is of a descriptive - survey type aimed to identify the Shiraz school teachers’ beliefs about the value of curriculum orientations. For this purpose، a classified random sample including 368 teachers at Shiraz Schools، in academic year of 2011-2012، were selected. They، then، answered to a curriculum orientation questioner which its reliability and validity had been calculated and verified. One sample T-test، repeated measures analysis of variance، multivariate analysis of variance as well as Bonferroni and Scheffe post hoc tests were used to analyze the data. It was، therefore، resulted from the findings that all of the six curriculum orientations، from the teachers'' point of view، were highly valued; however، the behavioral orientation has been considered as the most invaluable one. Furthermore، it was determined that the teachers at different school levels thought significantly different about the importance of curriculum orientation; while، such difference was not found neither between the teachers with opposite genders، nor between those with different years of experience.