A case study on the structure of the democrati̇c school

This research is important in terms of adding new knowledge to the critical pedagogy literature, knowing how the management processes in the democratic school are working, examining the place of the students, teachers, and parents in the school administration so that an alternative management structure can be presented to other education institutions at the end of the research. The aim of the research is to examine the structural dynamics of the school's management and how these dynamics are reflected in the members of the school and its environment, based on the opinions of the students in the school, the teachers, the parents, the administrators and the schools in a school which is declared to be founded on democratic understanding. The research questions are the followings: With which mechanisms are democratic schools being conducted? What are the perceptions of the students about the educational process? What are the perceptions of teachers about the educational process? What are the perceptions of the parents about the educational process? What are the perceptions of the administrators about the educational process? What are the perceptions of the individuals around the school about the educational process? What are the attitudes of the individuals around the school towards the school? Is there a relationship between teachers', students', parents' and administrators' reasons for choosing a democratic school and their perceptions about education? What are the roles of teachers, students, parents, and the people around the school in the school management? In this study, various administrative processes of the school were studied for two and a half months. In addition to this review, semi-structured interviews were conducted with seventy people in total, including ten school staff, thirty school students, fifteen school parentheses and fifteen individuals in the school environment. Observations were made at school for two and a half months, field notes were kept, pictures were taken where necessary and voice recordings were taken. The obtained data were evaluated by content analysis and descriptive analysis technique. According to the results of the research, three management mechanisms were found in the school: school council, ÇAÇÖ, and circles. School council has given the students responsibility. In addition; the opinions of students, employees, and parents show that ÇAÇÖ is giving students the ability to manage conflict.