Determination of Democracy Awareness Levels of Teacher Candidates

Abstract

This research aims to determine teacher candidates democracy awareness levels according to various variables. Within the framework of this general purpose, the dependence of the democracy awareness levels of teacher candidates on different variables including gender, department, grade level, place of residence and grade point average were also examined. For data collection, the Democratic Awareness Scale was administered to 248 teacher candidates enrolled at a university in the district of Kayseri. The data were analyzed by carrying out the t-test, one-way variance analysis, and Tukey test. Results of the analysis revealed that democratic awareness levels of the teacher candidates were at the "I agree" level. While gender and class level of teacher candidates had no significant influence on democratic awareness, department and place of residence significantly influenced democratic awareness of the teacher candidates. There was higher participation from the students in the Elementary Education and Turkish Language departments compared to the students in Social Studies Education department, and that there was higher participation from the students living with their families compared to the students living alone or in dormitories. The results of the study were discussed with the previous studies. Suggestions were provided according to the results..

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