An Analysis of the Critical Thinking Standards and Democratical Attitudes of Prospective Elementary School Teachers In Terms Of Certain Variables

An Analysis of the Critical Thinking Standards and Democratical Attitudes of Prospective Elementary School Teachers In Terms Of Certain Variables

The objective of this study is to analyze the critical thinking standards and democratical attitudes of prospective elementary school teachers in terms of certain variables. Descriptive survey model was used in this research. 321 prospective elementary school teachers participated in the study. Personal Information Form, “Democracy Oriented Attitude Scale” and "Critical Thinking Standards Scale" were used as data collection tools. Descriptive statistics and multivariate variance analyses methods were used (MANOVA) for the analysis of the data. Following the research, it was observed that the opinions of prospective elementary school teachers concerning the critical thinking standards and Democracy oriented attitude scales were as “I agree”. No significant difference was observed between the critical thinking standards scores and democracy oriented attitude scores of the prospective elementary school teachers in terms of gender, university entrance score type variables, however, significant difference was observed in terms of their class levels and graduated high school types. Recommendations have been developed depending upon the research findings.

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