The level of the democracy of the constructivist learning environment according to the opinions of the teacher trainees

The aim of this study is to reveal the level of the democracy of the constructivist learning environments according to the opinions of the teacher trainees.The population of this study is consisted of the 3 th and 4 th grade teacher trainees studying in Primary Education Department in Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Atatürk University and Başkent University. The sample of this study consists of 403 teacher trainees studying in Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Başkent University, Atatürk University in 2010-2011 Academic Year. The data is gathered through a 56 items ?democratic constructivist learning environment scale? by Bay, Gündoğdu ve Kaya (2010).The opinions of the teacher trainees are examined with this scale which is divided into seven sub categories in terms of gender ,grade, teaching types, university variables. In order to determine the differentiation level of data in terms of participants? gender, grades and teaching types independent sample t-test is used; in terms of the university variable one-way ANOVA is used.Considering the results of the survey, it is concluded that primary school teacher trainees think constructivist learning environment is generally democratic and has the essential democratic values.