The notion of Charter Schools and Its Feasibility in Turkey

Year 2015, Volume: 2 Issue: 2, 1 - 13, 30.08.2015

Ekrem Solak , Ayşegül Özaşkın

https://doi.org/10.17275/per.15.08.2.2

Cited By: 1

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the feasibility of
Charter School system in Turkey, which was opened firstly in State
of Minnesota of United States and was expanded to approximately
40 states in America today and also, in practice in some countries
such as Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Sweden and
Norway. Charter Schools are educational institutes that can be
opened by signing a contract between a country’s institution
responsible for education and a person or a group who wants to be
responsible for the management of this school. This system was
based on performance and accountability and pursued more
competitive and innovative goals. Moreover, Charter Schools put
emphasis on democracy and equality in education by being free,
addressing to all students living in the region where school was
located and considering individual differences and diversity on
behalf of students. Eight volunteering faculty members were
chosen by criterion sampling who were working in the field of
Educational Sciences of universities in Turkey. Interviews were
conducted with participants who were informed about the structure
and operation of this system in advance. The results of the study
suggested that Charter Schools were advantageous in terms of
individualism, diversity and flexible curriculum though flexible
curriculum, monitoring and audition process could lead to some
problems when it was practiced in Turkey.

Keywords

Charter Schools, public schools, private schools

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