According to the Opinions of Teachers and Students Active Citizenship Education in Elementary School

The aim of this research is to define the opinions of class teachers,
social studies teachers and 4th grade students in elementary school
on active citizenship education. Qualitative method has been used
in this research. In Bayburt, the city chosen by purposeful sampling
and based on volunteering principal, had 24 class teachers
(Female=8, Male=16), 10 social studies teachers (Female=5,
Male=5) and 20 4th grade students in elementary school
(Female=11, Male=9) studying in schools around Bayburt city
center have taken part in this research. Semi-structured interview
technique was used as a data gathering method. The data was
obtained by two different semi-structured interview forms which
contain 12 open ended questions for teachers and 5 open ended
questions for students. The answers given by the students and
teachers were resolved with the content analysis method. Various
categories have been formed by coding the answers for each
question. The frequencies of those formed categories were
compared by converting them into tables. When analysis was done
by comparing opinions of teachers and students, it drew the
attention of the teachers on active citizenship education and
developed more qualified methods by identifying the inadequacy in
teaching of lessons.