Democratic Values in the Parameters of Right, Freedom and Responsibility

Abstract

This study was conducted to reveal the observations and expectations regarding the rights, freedoms and responsibilities parameters of democracy, of teacher trainees, who are to help individuals gain such values, To do this, the views of 577 teacher trainees at Uludag University Education Faculty were elicited. The students declared that 35%, 38% and 32% of the values of the “rights”, “freedoms” and “responsibilities” parameters respectively were fulfilled while the related expectations displayed the level of 90%. There is a negative correlation between the students’ observations and their expectations from democracy. This can be interpreted as the fact that expectations with respect to democracy will decrease or increase in accordance with the use of rights and freedom and the fulfillment level of responsibilities.