Abstract:

The aim of this research is to determine the perceptions of the democratic environment of the special talented students towards the family and school. The sample of the study was formed by 211 high school students continuing to the Science and Arts Centers in the 2018-2019 educational year. Research is an imaginary study in the screening model. The study was determined by measurement sampling methods for sample purposes. The data of the study was obtained through two scales: the Democratic Environment Scale in the Family and the Democratic Environment Scale in the School, which was developed by Yıldırım (2018) and the Democratic Environment Scale in the Family. It is also added to the measurements in an open end question. The scale of the democratic environment perceived in the family is a scale of two subfactors and 12 items, while the scale of the democratic environment perceived in the school is a scale of five subfactors and 20 items. The study used visual statistics, Kruskal Wallis and Mann Whitney U tests. According to the research data, students’ perception of the democratic environment in the family and in the school is high in a positive direction. Students' perceptions of the democratic environment in the family did not make any significant differences according to the educational conditions of the mother and father. It is also established that there is no meaningful difference between students who continue to state school and students who continue to private school in the perceptions of the democratic environment in the school.

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