Candidate Teachers’Attitudes Concerning Human Rights Education in Turkey

Kerim Gündoğdu

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the attitudes of candidate teachers toward human rights education. A survey design was used. The Human Rights Education Attitude Scale developed by Karaman-Kepenekçi (1999) was administered to 1904 candidate teachers in the departments of education within thirteen universities from seven geographical regions in Turkey. Significant relationships were found between ratings for attitudes about human rights education and gender, department, university, and university’s geographical region. Lastly and most significantly, the candidate teachers in this study also indicated that there is a need for human rights education in teacher training institutions.

Keywords

Human rights education, candidate teachers, teacher training,

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