Attitudes of Students at Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey
University towards Turkey’s Accession
to the European Union
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Assoc. Prof. Afyon Kocatepe University, Education Faculty,
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Instructor, Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey University,
Foreign Languages Dept.
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Instructor, Aksaray University, Foreign Languages Dept.
Publication date: 2014-09-30
JoMS 2014;21(2):37-59
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ABSTRACT
University students will take part in the work life as an important element
of the work force in the very near future - that is to say, they are
going to be the future. For this reason, college students’ perceptions and
attitudes about the European Union (EU) and beliefs and attitudes towards
full membership in the EU - which is crucial for the future of our country
- are very important. In this context, this study aimed to measure attitudes
of college students towards Turkey’s membership. A Likert-type scale was
used for data collection.
The scale consisted of 23 items (19 positive & 4 negative). Data was
obtained from 242 Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey University students who
were selected by a random sampling method. This data was analyzed using
one-way ANOVA and t test in terms of variables. Students’ attitudes
towards Turkey’s EU membership did not differ significantly (p> 0.05)
at socio-economic, prestige and legal system sub-dimensions in terms of
gender. However, it was found to be a significant difference between male
and female students at the culture dimension. While students’ attitudes
did not show a significant difference at prestige, legal system and culture
sub-dimensions in terms of variable “having relative in EU countries”, significant
difference was found between students having relatives and not at
the socio-economic dimension.