Research Article

Examination the Academicians’ Opinions on Academic Freedom in the Turkish Higher Education System in Terms of Some Variables

Volume: 9 Number: 2 December 31, 2024
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Examination the Academicians’ Opinions on Academic Freedom in the Turkish Higher Education System in Terms of Some Variables

Abstract

The aim of this study is to examine the opinions of academicians working in the higher education system in Türkiye about academic freedom according to demographic variables. For this purpose, we have investigated whether there is a significant difference in the teaching, research, and publication subdimensions at the implementation level of the Academic Freedom Scale according to gender, administrative duty, age, seniority, year of duty, appellation, and faculty variables. This study has been conducted in descriptive survey model which is a quantitative research technique. The working group of this study consisted of 311 academicians working in Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey University, Aydın Adnan Menderes University and Kütahya Dumlupınar University in 2022-2023 education year. The data were collected with the personal information form containing demographic information and the Academic Freedom Scale consisting of 27 items. The data analysis was done with SPSS testing techniques which includes independent samples T-test and one-way ANOVA. Findings indicated that there was no significant difference between gender, age, faculty variables and the subcategories of academic freedom -teaching, research, and publication. On the other hand, the results show that academicians at the research sub-dimension have significance difference according to their seniority and administrative duty. At the same time, significance difference was seen in terms of office and appellation variables in teaching, research, and publication subdimensions. Based on these findings, awareness trainings can be organised to develop a culture of academic freedoms.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Educational Sociology, Sociology (Other)

Journal Section

Research Article

Early Pub Date

December 23, 2024

Publication Date

December 31, 2024

Submission Date

May 22, 2024

Acceptance Date

September 5, 2024

Published in Issue

Year 2024 Volume: 9 Number: 2

APA
Baytaş, Ö., Çoban, Ö., & Bozkurt Balcı, S. (2024). Examination the Academicians’ Opinions on Academic Freedom in the Turkish Higher Education System in Terms of Some Variables. Harran Maarif Dergisi, 9(2), 165-193. https://doi.org/10.22596/hej.1488148
AMA
1.Baytaş Ö, Çoban Ö, Bozkurt Balcı S. Examination the Academicians’ Opinions on Academic Freedom in the Turkish Higher Education System in Terms of Some Variables. HEJ. 2024;9(2):165-193. doi:10.22596/hej.1488148
Chicago
Baytaş, Özlem, Ömür Çoban, and Süheyla Bozkurt Balcı. 2024. “Examination the Academicians’ Opinions on Academic Freedom in the Turkish Higher Education System in Terms of Some Variables”. Harran Maarif Dergisi 9 (2): 165-93. https://doi.org/10.22596/hej.1488148.
EndNote
Baytaş Ö, Çoban Ö, Bozkurt Balcı S (December 1, 2024) Examination the Academicians’ Opinions on Academic Freedom in the Turkish Higher Education System in Terms of Some Variables. Harran Maarif Dergisi 9 2 165–193.
IEEE
[1]Ö. Baytaş, Ö. Çoban, and S. Bozkurt Balcı, “Examination the Academicians’ Opinions on Academic Freedom in the Turkish Higher Education System in Terms of Some Variables”, HEJ, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 165–193, Dec. 2024, doi: 10.22596/hej.1488148.
ISNAD
Baytaş, Özlem - Çoban, Ömür - Bozkurt Balcı, Süheyla. “Examination the Academicians’ Opinions on Academic Freedom in the Turkish Higher Education System in Terms of Some Variables”. Harran Maarif Dergisi 9/2 (December 1, 2024): 165-193. https://doi.org/10.22596/hej.1488148.
JAMA
1.Baytaş Ö, Çoban Ö, Bozkurt Balcı S. Examination the Academicians’ Opinions on Academic Freedom in the Turkish Higher Education System in Terms of Some Variables. HEJ. 2024;9:165–193.
MLA
Baytaş, Özlem, et al. “Examination the Academicians’ Opinions on Academic Freedom in the Turkish Higher Education System in Terms of Some Variables”. Harran Maarif Dergisi, vol. 9, no. 2, Dec. 2024, pp. 165-93, doi:10.22596/hej.1488148.
Vancouver
1.Özlem Baytaş, Ömür Çoban, Süheyla Bozkurt Balcı. Examination the Academicians’ Opinions on Academic Freedom in the Turkish Higher Education System in Terms of Some Variables. HEJ. 2024 Dec. 1;9(2):165-93. doi:10.22596/hej.1488148