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Makale Özeti:
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The aim of this research is to determine the educational NGO managers’ perceptions of
education in the city of Kırıkkale. The sample of this qualitative research, which has
been conducted on a case pattern basis, comprises managers from 13 educational nongovernmental
organizations in the province of Kirikkale. Data were collected by the
researcher himself through direct contact and interview with the participants. The
interview form was developed based on the opinions from experts in the field. The
concordance between the sentential codifications was checked by an independent
observer and the researcher in order to ensure data reliability. The coefficient of
concordance between the observers was calculated as .87 for the sociopolitical
perceptions dimension of education and .90 for the perceptions regarding the position
and importance of the organizations, which were included in the present research, in the
system. Participant confirmation method was used for the validity of the data. Some
remarkable results of the research are as follows: The participants
failed to relate the aims of educational organizations to the general public,
basically engaged in aid-oriented activities,
expected aid from the government,
tended to look at education and its problems from an economic viewpoint,
neglected the philosophical and scientific dimensions of the problem, and
made individual assessments with no relevance to the social context.
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