Democratic environment in higher education: The case of a Turkish public university

ÇALIŞKAN Ö., Akın Sabuncu S., Engin-Demir C.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, cilt.72, 2020 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 72
  • Basım Tarihi: 2020
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2019.102129
  • Dergi Adı: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, ASSIA, Business Source Elite, Business Source Premier, EBSCO Education Source, Education Abstracts, Educational research abstracts (ERA), Geobase, Index Islamicus, Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts, Public Affairs Index
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Democracy, Higher education, Organizational culture, Undergraduate student, Turkey, ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, CITIZENS, TURKEY, MEDIA
  • TED Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This study describes the expectations of undergraduate students regarding the characteristics of a democratic university environment. It then goes on to explore whether there are any significant differences among the dimensions of democratic university environment, namely respect for ideas, participation in decision-making, and promotion of tolerance. Last, it examines the effects of certain variables (gender, student club attendance, newspaper reading, and home residence) on student perceptions of their university environment. The results showed that there was a significant difference among three dimensions of democratic university environment. In addition, gender, student club attendance, and home residence had significant effects on differing dependent variables.