The Examination of the Views of Primary School Teachers and Pre-Service Primary Teachers on European Union Citizenship from the Point of Different Variables

The aim of this study is to determine the view of primary school teachers and pre-service primary teachers on European Union citizenship. This study is a descriptive and quantitative research in survey methodology. The data of the research was collected from 207 primary school teachers teaching in 22 primary school in the city center of Kirsehir and 282 pre-service primary teachers studying in Department of Primary Education, Faculty of Education, Ahi Evran University, As the data collection tool, two different Personal Information Forms for teachers and pre-service teachers and View on European Union (EU) Citizenship Questionnaire were used. Arithmetic Mean ([x-bar]), standard deviation (sd), independent samples t-test, factor analysis, analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Scheffe test were applied to the data collected from teachers and pre-service teachers. At the end of the research, it was found that in comparison to pre-service primary teachers, primary school teachers evaluated EU citizenships as more active citizens. Also, it was determined that both primary school teachers and preservice primary teachers were indecisive about whether or not EU citizens included socio-cultural negativity. Besides, it was seen that both primary school teachers and pre-service primary teachers thought that EU citizens were individually developed in terms of economy and they had awareness in point of rights and responsibilities.