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The aim of this study is to determine the attitudes of primary school students towards the value of equality. Explanatory sequential design, which is one of the mixed method designs, was used in the research. The study group of the research was determined separately for the quantitative and qualitative processes. The universe of the research consists of primary school students studying in the city center of Malatya in the 2019-2020 academic year, and the sample consists of 1249 students determined by simple random sampling technique from this universe. The qualitative data of the research were obtained with maximum variation sampling, which is one of the purposive sampling methods. "Quantitative data of the study were collected by the Common Attitude Scale towards Social Studies and Human Rights, Citizenship and Democracy Lesson Values," and qualitative data were collected with a semi-structured interview form prepared by the researcher. In the interview form, students; The question “What does equality mean to you?” was asked. Quantitative data were analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistical methods, and qualitative data were analyzed by content analysis method. According to the results of the research, primary school students' attitudes towards the value of equality are highly positive; gender, parental education level, family order of children and reading books differ significantly.

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