A Study on Examinitaion of Perceptions on Critical Pedagogy Among School Administrators in Terms of Functions of Schools and School Practices: A Case Study

OpenAlex İngilizce

The present study aims to identify how school administrators perceive critical pedagogy in terms of functions of schools and what they think of critical pedagogy within the scope of their practices at their schools. Critical pedagogy is a systematic interpretation of contemporary educational problems and one of the most significant approaches in the literature. Within this context, the points of view among school administrators regarding this issue are of vital importance. The study group consists of a total of 6 middle school and high school administrators. The study employs the method of "holistic multiple case study". The data was collected by means of "semi-structured interview forms" and analysed through the "content analysis" technique. The interviews conducted with the participants revealed that a critical pedagogic point of view is prevalent in terms of some of the practices of school administrators as well as their motives behind them and that their behaviour also partly stem from the administrators of critical pedagogy.