Abstract

Social studies is one of the foundation subjects that takes place in curricula of 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, and 7^th grades. This subject aims to train good citizens. The concept of democracy is an essential topic for the students to comprehend so as to achieve this aim through this subject. Therefore, it is aimed, in this study, to determine the relationship between students’ attitudes towards social studies subject and their perception of democracy concept. A total of 665 primary 7^th grade students participated in the study, 333 of whom were girls and 332 were boys. It was found that there was a positive relationship between the students’ attitudes towards social studies subject and their perception of democracy. In addition, there was no significant difference between students’ attitudes towards social studies subject and their perceptions of democracy concept in terms of their genders.

Key words: Attitudes, democracy, social studies