Principals' perceptions of social justice in state primary education schools

This research aims at revealing state primary education school principals' perceptions of social justice. The research uses a qualitative research design and the interview method. The study group was composed of all the state primary education school principals (20) in Çanakkale city centre. The data were analysed through content analysis and continuous comparison techniques. The research has found that a problem of social injustice is available in primary schools in terms of benefiting from educational services. The disadvantaged groups were gipsy children, children with low income and low academic achievement and disabled children; and it was observed that school principals only made attempts at meeting those children's physical needs. © IDOSI Publications, 2012.