Abstract:

The purpose of this study is to determine the views of the classroom teachers about Human Rights, Citizenship and Democracy. Within the framework of this aim, the opinions of the teachers of the classroom were taken regarding the inclusion of the Human Rights, Citizenship and Democracy course in primary school, the textbook, and the achievements in the curriculum and curriculum of the course; difficulties and solutions encountered in the course, methods and techniques used in the course, and assessment and evaluation tools were tried to be determined. In this study in which the qualitative research method was used the phenomenology pattern was employed. The participants of the study are thirty classroom teachers (17 male and 13 female) working in the districts, villages and towns of Afyonkarahisar province in the 2016-2017 academic year. The participants were selected through the criteria sampling. The data of the study were collected using a semi-structured interview form consisting of nine items. The data obtained were analyzed through the inductive content analysis method. As a result of the analyzes, the majority of the participants stated that learning the concepts related to the Human Rights, Citizenship and Democracy course at an early age will make a significant contribution to the individuals. In line with the findings obtained from the views of the participants, it can be argued that if the Human Rights, Citizenship and Democracy course will continue to be included in the primary school education programs, the course content should be reorganized in a way that is based on practice and learning by doing and living, and that its content should make the students active participants of the learning process.

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