WHAT PRIMARY SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS THINK ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS

Year 2010, Volume: 5 Issue: 1, 158 - 172, 01.02.2010

Sait Akbaslı Atila Yıldırım

Abstract

This study was carried out to determine the attitudes of primary school administrators in the central towns of the city of Konya concerning human rights in the fall semester of 2007–2008 educational year. In this respect, a form of interview, comprised of personal information, and a question and sub-dimensions of this question, was prepared. Later on, six headmasters, five head assistants of headmaster and eleven assistant headmasters working at schools with different socio economical levels chosen parallel with the aim of the study were interviewed in a group and the interview process was recorded. The recordings were analysed with qualitative research techniques. The ideas of the interviewees were given as they were by taking the administrators and the assistants into consideration. The ideas of the school headmasters dealing with human rights were similar to those of their assistants and there were no significant difference in the field of application. 

Keywords

, Education Management, Human Rights, Education, Primary School Administrator, Teacher Training