The purpose of this study was to make an overall assessment of articles related to program development in education that appeared in the "Journal of Primary Education," which had been published between 1939 and 1966. For this purpose, the articles in the journal were analyzed by using content analysis, and evaluated in terms of program development in education. The general structure and the problems of training programs as well as content, learning - teaching processes, and planning the education have been discussed. It was concluded that the articles published in this journal have a significant impact on the improvement of the program development in the primary education in Turkey.