Abstract:

The aim of this study is to examine the opinions of 4th-grade students in public primary schools about their rights as children. In the research, which was carried out according to the qualitative research method, the study group was formed through typical case sampling. The study group consists of 413 students from the 4th grade of four public primary schools in different districts of Ankara. The "Opinions of the Students on Children’s Rights" questionnaire, which consists of open-ended unstructured questions and was developed by the researchers, was used to get the students’ opinions. Descriptive and content analysis techniques were used together for data analysis. As a result of the study, it was seen that most of the 4th-grade students had limited knowledge about the concept of "right". Among the rights that students think they have, first of all, are economic, social, and cultural rights. Most of the students stated that if their rights were violated, they would remain unresponsive. While the expectations of the students from the school management regarding their rights were mostly related to the "protection and use of their rights", their expectations from teachers were mostly about the "educational process and environment".

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