Examining the views of primary school students towards "democracy education and school council project"

As taken into account that primary school children learn by seeing, by experiencing, the importance of democracy education and school council project" appears in which is started to be carried out nationally since 2004-2005 education period. This survey aims to take the views of primary school students about "democracy education and school council project" in two provinces (İstanbul- Çanakkale) which were selected luckily in Marmara Region in 2009-2010 education period. In terms of socioeconomic development sequences; the provinces in Marmara Region which are in the first sequence (İstanbul) and in the last sequence (Çanakkale) form the univers of survey. The sampling of survey consists 772 students who are chosen randomly from 14 primary schools. While analyzed the findings, it is seen that there is an important difference in favor of girls among the students sexes about to be carried out "democracy education and school council project". When the views of the primary school students on "democracy education and school council project" are examined according to the variable of the educational background of students' mothers, there is a meaningful difference in favor of the ones whose mothers got graduated from a bachelor degree and the others whose mothers are illiterate.