Abstract:

The aim of this study is to determine the level of Atatürk perception of students studying in different departments at the bachelor's level and to evaluate their status according to various variables. The research was carried out in the screening model. The study group in the 2017-2018 educational year at Erzincan Binali Yıldırım University, which studied in four departments, randomly selected 262 (% 63.4) women, 151 (36.6) men and a total of 413 students. The study used the "Atatürk perception scale" developed by Dönmez and Hamarat (2014) as a quantum data collection tool. For two group comparisons to determine whether the Atatürk perception differs according to demographic variables, the Mann-Whitney U test was applied in two groups for the comparison of more than two groups and the Mann-Whitney U test was applied in two groups for the determination of the groups that differ along with the Kruskall-Wallis H test. According to the findings obtained in the study; gender is not an influential factor on the students' Atatürk perceptions, when compared the Atatürk perceptions according to their sections, the students who study in the history and science teaching sections are significantly higher than the students who study in other sections, when compared the Atatürk perceptions according to their classes. There are significant differences in the perceptions of the classmates of Atatürk from the other classmates, again the perceptions of the first classmates of 2. and 4. The classmates showed that they were significantly low. It is also found that the type of high school graduated does not make a difference on the perception of Atatürk. If students are compared to family income levels, the level of income increases and the Atatürk perceptions are also significantly higher than those with the lowest income levels. But, according to the place of residence, the difference in the perception of Ataturk is not meaningful.

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