Abstract

• Curriculum reforming is still processing in Myanmar. In this process, teachers are the key players because they play as implementer role in curriculum reforming. The government needs to know how the teachers perceive, how they learn, how they teach and how they accept which the new curriculum gives because changing from old curriculum to new curriculum require acceptance and cooperation of the teachers, who are the instruments for its implementing and for its realization. The attitude is the important aspect which determines the perception, involvement, acceptance and the realization of the objectives and goals. The main purpose of this study is to analyze the primary teachers’ attitudes towards new curriculum by seven educational aspects. They are academic success in new curriculum, interaction with others in new curriculum, time taken for teaching in new curriculum, characteristics of new curriculum, confidence in teaching new curriculum, teachers’ perception on student learning in new curriculum and assessment in new curriculum. The type of research for this study was survey research. The sample size consisted of 221 Primary Teachers from Basic Education Primary Schools, Post-Primary Schools and Middle Schools in January, 2019. Primary teachers’ attitudes were examined by using questionnaire survey research. The result of the study showed that most teachers have positive attitudes with respect to the new curriculum.