An investigation of the primary school 4th grade human rights, citizenship and democracy textbook in terms of respect for differences

The aim of this study is to examine the value of respect for differences in the fourth grade human rights, citizenship and democracy textbook. Qualitative research method was used in the study and document analysis technique was used. The data collection tool is the Respect for Differences Textbook Review Criteria, which was created as a result of the literature review and developed in line with the expert opinion. The data of the research; gender, disability, family and social structure and cultural structure dimensions were obtained through descriptive analysis. As a result of the analysis, in the gender dimension; It has been seen that men are given more space than women in line with the distribution of genders, gender distribution of occupations, gender distribution in games, and gender distribution of subjects. In the dimension of disability; In line with the distribution of disability representation, the distribution of disabled people in social life and the distribution of different disability situations, only orthopedically disabled individuals were included, and the representations emphasized the participation of disabled individuals in life. In the dimension of family and social structure; It has been seen that the nuclear family representation regarding the distribution of different family types and their distribution according to the rural-urban living area is included, and urban representations are included as the living space. In the dimension of cultural structure; It has been seen that the examples of different cultures regarding the representation of different cultural structures and the context of the processing of different cultures are limited. Keywords: Respect for differences, gender, disability, cultural structure, social structure