İLKÖĞRETİM OKULU ÖĞRENCİLERİNİN DEMOKRASİ UNSURLARI İLE İLGİLİ GÖRÜŞLERİ: (BOLU İLİ GAZİPAŞA İLKÖĞRETİM OKULU ÖRNEĞİ)
DISCUSSIONS ON THE DEMOCRACY COMPONENTS OF PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS: (BOLU İLİ GAZİPAŞA PRIMARY SCHOOL SAMPLE)
Author(s): Gülhan Gürbüz, Samettin GündüzSubject(s): Education, Preschool education, State/Government and Education, Evaluation research, Social development, Sociology of the arts, business, education, Sociology of Politics, Sociology of Education
Published by: Sage Yayınları
Keywords: Citizenship; Democracy; Tolerance; Equality; Freedom;
Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this study is to determine the perceptions of 7th and 8th grade students about democracy elements. The research was performed over 100 students attending 7th and 8th grades of an elementary school in Bolu. In the study, to analyze the student opinions about the elements of democracy, “A Perception Scale on the Content of Citizenship Lesson” constituting of 35 items was developed by the researchers. The research showed that 7th and 8th grade students of Bolu Gazipaşa Elementary School agreed most on the expressions regarding the concept of freedom. However, the concept they agreed least among the elements of democracy is “democracy education”. The element that students were most ambigious was “citizenship”, and the opinion they were most undecisive was the expression of “Education of a person determines his citizenship status”. It is observed that there is a significant difference among the students of Gazipaşa Elementary School on the concepts of “equality, freedom, democracy understanding, citizenship and tolerance”.
Journal: TURAN-SAM
- Issue Year: 3/2011
- Issue No: 12
- Page Range: 17-30
- Page Count: 14
- Language: Turkish