Opinions of Administrators on Social Justice Practices in Elementary Schools

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to identify social justice practices in elementary education schools and the inhibiting factors constraining these practices. The study was conducted based on the opinions of 147 primary school administrators (İstanbul 73, Ankara 50, Antalya 24). The priority of opinions about social justice practices was determined according to their arithmetic mean values. Generally, it was stated that the target group of social justice work in schools should primarily be students who have a level of low income, adjustment problems, a low level of academic achievement and disabilities. The social support work generally is undertaken to address mostly the students with low economic status, using the school resources to do such work. The constraining factors of social support work were stated as the limited amount of school resources, insufficient amount of information, lack of sensitivity in society and legal arrangements. It was stated that the work towards facilitating social justice in primary schools was not inspected.