Material Development and Meeting the Needs of the Society: Example Practices for Science and Mathematics Education

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the teaching materials developed by pre-service teachers, and their awareness about meeting the needs of the society. Student Worksheets (SW) from pre-service teachers and Material Evaluation Form from the juries were used as data sources. To analyze data, document analysis technique from the qualitative research methods is used in this study. The results of the analysis show that 5 of the student needs and 15 of the society’s needs are met. It is found out that four of the students’ needs were the same as society’s needs. It is found out that needs of the students are learning-oriented, while the society’s needs are related to both student’s learning and utilization of the materials. Pre-service teachers should focus on interdisciplinary correlations in terms of the needs of both students and the society in order to raise new generations equipped with the 21st century skills.