%0 Journal Article %T Democratic Attitudes of Religious Education Teachers %A Ali Baltac£¿ %A Yusuf Ayd£¿n %J - %D 2019 %X The main purpose of this study is to determine the democratic attitudes of religious education (RE) teachers in terms of different variables. The sample group of this research designed in the quantitative research is 349 religious education (RE) teachers working in Ankara province. The "Democratic Attitude Scale" adopted by G£¿z¨¹tok (1995) was used in the research. The data obtained via scales were interpreted by using descriptive analyses. At the end of the research, it was determined that the democratic attitudes of religious education (RE) teachers differed according to sex, educational status, and professional tenure. According to the results of the research, female teachers are more democratic than male teachers; the level of graduate education is more democratic than the undergraduate level. The increase in professional tenure reduces democratic attitudes. This study is important in terms of determining the degree of adoption of the values of the democratic values, which are the root values in the 2023 Educational vision document, by religious education teachers. Although this is a different kind of democratic attitude studies in the literature, this study presents important data in terms of determining the democratic attitudes of religious education teachers who work as a professional in the education system and the effects of the debates between the concepts of religion, religious education and democracy %K Din E£¿itimi %K Demokrasi %K Tutum %K Demokratik Tutum %K £¿£¿retmen %U http://dergipark.org.tr/sirnakifd/issue/45633/470026