| Summary: | Serving
to seed decency in children’s manners in society, to help them adopt new habits
and to expand their social skills and emotional features, the functions of
primary schools are of great importance in building the society. Thus, the
purpose of this study is to describe the goals and functions of 21st
century primary schools based on the opinions of primary schools teachers. The
study is conducted as part of an international research project. The research
is designed as a qualitative study in order to describe the functions of
primary schools from the perspectives of primary school teachers. In the study,
the data is collected through semi-structured interviews from 20 volunteer
primary school teachers working at different levels of primary schools located
in Eskisehir, Turkey. Criterion and convenience sampling which are both
categorized under purposeful sampling are used in determining the participants.
The data obtained from the interviews is analysed through content analysis and
the findings are presented under each research question. The findings of the
research reveal that participant teachers emphasize three functions of primary
schools as socialization, instruction and qualification. Nevertheless,
socialization is perceived as the primary function of the primary schools, and
functions of instruction and qualification follows it respectively. As for the
findings related to role of families, teachers care about the cooperating with
families especially in socialization issues.
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