Türk Eğitim Bilimleri Dergisi

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This study was carried out to determine the opinions of primary school first, second, and third grade teachers about Life Science textbooks. The study group of this research, which is conducted with a case study, which is one of the qualitative research methods, consists of 30 primary school teachers in Yozgat. The study group was determined by the criterion sampling method. The data of the study were collected with a semi-structured interview form, and the obtained data were analyzed using descriptive analysis. As a result of the study, it was seen that all of the primary school teachers used the Life Science textbook. However, the majority of the first and second grade primary school teachers and all third grade teachers who participated in the study stated that they generally found the Life Science textbooks insufficient. In addition, an important part of the primary school teachers stated that the most important feature that should be found or improved in the Life Science textbooks is that the texts are interesting, intriguing, or thought-provoking. Within the scope of the study, it can be suggested that the measurement and evaluation tools in the Life Science textbooks should be diversified, and the textbooks should be prepared to measure and evaluate the high-level skills of the students, and the subject contents in the textbooks should be arranged in a way that would attract the attention of the students, and the contents should be updated.