@article{2017,title={EVALUATION OF TURKISH EDUCATION SYSTEM: COMPARISON IN THE CONTEXT OF SOUTH KOREA, THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA AND SINGAPORE},abstractNode={In this study, South Korea, The People’s Republic of China (Shangay and Hong Kong region) and Singapore which are among the countries being successful in the ınternational exams have been chosen; variables such as school starting age in compulsory education, success criteria, weekly course hours and annual vacation periods in these countries have been examined in comparison with our country. Moreover, it is aimed to determine the opinions of administrators and teachers on these variables in respect of the education system in our country. In this study carried out by qualitative research method, first, documents have been examined and then phenomenology patterns have been used. The study group of the study is composed of 30 school administrators and 10 teachers who continue their graduate education without graduation at Fırat University Educational Sciences Institute Educational Management Inspection Planning and Economics Department in 2015-2016 academic year. The data were analyzed by content analysis. When evaluating the findings gained with examination of the documents, the countries have been evaluated based on the variables set. An interview form containing four open-end questions have been used in order to determine the opinions of the administrators and teachers regarding the variables of compulsory school starting age, success criteria and assessment, vacation periods in primary and secondary schools and weekly course hours in our education system. In the analysis of the obtained data, content analysis was done. According to the results obtained from the content analysis, it is emphasized that the age of compulsory education and vacation periods are in the appropriate majority, that the evaluation of success is more negative, and that the number of lesson hours at the elementary and secondary levels is high.},author={Zübeyde YARAŞ-- Mukadder BOYDAK ÖZAN},year={2017},journal={The Journal of Academic Social Science Studies}}