Development of the Democratic Education Environment Scale

dc.creator	H. Eylem Korkmaz
dc.creator	Ali İlker Gümüşeli
dc.date	2013-04-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:08:11Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:08:11Z
dc.identifier	1309-2707
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/f0dd3caf613f4871ac66cd88bb1b1bfb
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/11791
dc.description	Today, the aim of raising individuals equipped with democratic values and behaviors in democratic countries, as well as the definition of an education environment sensitive to human rights and democracy as a human right under international conventions, has increased the importance of democratic education and research in this area. This study aims at developing a scale for the evaluation of the democratic education environment at classroom level, including all in-class processes and structures, based on teacher perceptions. A mixed-method design was employed in this study. This scale was applied to two different samples of 417 and 1091 teachers working in primary, middle and high schools. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were carried out to determine the construct validity of the scale, convergent validity was evaluated, while test-retest, Cronbach Alpha, and split half methods were used to evaluate its reliability. The results of these analyses indicate that the 3-factor, 75-item Democratic Education Environment Scale is valid and reliable.© 2013 IOJES. All rights reserved
dc.language	Turkish
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	IOJES
dc.relation	http://www.iojes.net//userfiles/Article/IOJES_1082.pdf
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1309-2707
dc.source	International Online Journal of Educational Sciences , Vol 5, Iss 1, Pp 82-98 (2013)
dc.subject	Democratic education
dc.subject	democratic education environment
dc.subject	Delphi technique
dc.subject	scale development
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Development of the Democratic Education Environment Scale
dc.type	article