Elementary School Principals’ Level of Practicing Democratic Values

Kıncal, Remzi Y.; Işik, Halil

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“…It is imperative that Civic Education teachers should possess democratic values such as freedom, equality and justice, autonomy, cooperation, shared decision-making, and a sense of community (Kincal & Isik, 2003). The crux of these values is mostly to guide teaching and learning in order to form a varied and unbiased learning community in the classroom (Trafford, 2008); this is in essence democratic classroom practices.…”

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Assessing democratic classroom practices among secondary school civic education teachers in the global south: case study of South East Nigeria

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Democratic classroom practices are all strategies adopted by classroom teachers to actively engage students in the learning processes. Considerable literature assessing influence of Civic Education on youths' active participation in a democratic society exists. Not much have reported an empirically conducted study on classroom best practices adopted by Civic Education teachers in the Global South. This paper examines classroom democratization by Civic Education teachers in South East Nigeria, students' and teachers' perceptions of democratic classroom, and challenges confronting classroom democratization. Focus Group Discussion and Democratic classroom questionnaire were used to elicit information from 151 civic education teachers and 1400 senior secondary school one (SS1) students. Findings revealed that Civic Education teachers in South East Nigeria adopted democratic classroom practices marginally. Recommendation includes more adoption of democratic classroom best practices for development of students' critical thinking abilities, preparing them to become participatory in their civic duties and reducing crimes among today's youths.

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“…To be able to play their roles effectively and efficiently, schools must have democratic leadership and in order to be able to offer democratic education in schools, they must be administered according to democratic values and principles (Kincal & Işik, 2005). Kincal and Işik (2003) analyzed the literature so as to be able to list democratic values.…”

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An Evaluation of Teachers' Views of Primary School Principals' Practice of Democratic Values

Genç¹

2008

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The purpose of the study was to evaluate teachers' views about the level of practice of democratic values by primary school principals. Participants were 300 primary school teachers from four different regions of Turkey. The data were collected through a questionnaire, and analyzed by using t test and ANOVA tests. Results indicate that gender, educational level, and membership of a union make a difference in terms of practicing democratic values. Furthermore, some meaningful differences were noted in the subdimension of the questionnaire depending on the teachers' professional experience and on the present number of students as variables.In the late 19th century and in the early 20th century many nations endeavored to practice democracy and others still have that goal. As it is in many countries, the process of being democratic has been continuing in Turkey. However, it is not accurate to say that the level of democratic education is adequate. It is necessary to train individuals who have democratic behaviors in order to see the effects of democracy in every part of society in Turkey, as well as in other countries which have been developing democratic societies. Democratic values can be taught only through a democratic education.

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Teachers’ perceptions of tolerance in teacher–administrator relationships in Turkey

Kepenekci¹,

Aypay²

2009

International Journal of Leadership in Education

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Elementary School Principals’ Level of Practicing Democratic Values

Cited by 5 publications

References 12 publications

Assessing democratic classroom practices among secondary school civic education teachers in the global south: case study of South East Nigeria

Assessing democratic classroom practices among secondary school civic education teachers in the global south: case study of South East Nigeria

An Evaluation of Teachers' Views of Primary School Principals' Practice of Democratic Values

Teachers’ perceptions of tolerance in teacher–administrator relationships in Turkey

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