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Abstract enThe Opinion of 4th Grade Students about Classroom and Branch Teachers' Democratic Behaviors. This study regarding “classroom and branch teachers’ evaluations in terms of democratic behaviour in 4 th grade classes. The Research has been applied with 175 4 th grade students studying in Yenimahalle Primary School, Gaziosmanpaşa Province, in İstanbul. "Democratic Behavior Scale” of teacher is used as a means of data collection. The views of students about their classroom teachers and branch teachers who teach in 4th grades on democratic behaviour have been evaluated on the basis of student gender, teacher gender, the classroom population, level of the class and teacher’s area of teaching. The findings are as follows; The views of 4 th grade students about their classroom teachers on democratic behaviour does not differ significantly according to “classroom population”, “gender of teacher” and “gender of student” variables. The views of 4 th grade students about their branch teachers on democratic behaviour does not differ significantly according to “classroom population” and “gender of student” variables. But the views of 4th grade students about their teachers on democratic behaviour differs significantly according to “the status of being classroom teacher or branch teacher” variable. The 4th grade branch teachers are thought to be more democratic in comparasion to classroom teachers.

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