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The main objective of this research is to investigate teacher candidates’ educational situations in primary schools and their opinions regarding citizenship and human rights education. For this purpose, teacher candidates were asked to represent their thoughts about citizenship and human rights education that they got as part of teaching application and school experience. Before analyzing the questions, some theoretical information concerning present applications in primary schools was given. Teacher candidates were asked 9 open-ended questions related to the applications of Citizenship and Human Rights Education (CHRE). Candidates were given the opportunity to write what they want without any limitations. The questions were about purpose, planning, application, using the environment and materials, evaluation and communication in CHRE activities. 16 students who were chosen by random sampling from University of San Diego Faculty of Education, Department of Social Sciences Teaching participated in the research by filling in the form. Descriptive method was used to analyze the data.

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