Author: Peri Tutar
Ministry of National Education, Turkey

Edition: Volume 63, Number 2, July 2023

Introduction: The field of culture represents a medium that offers quite comprehensive learning opportunities for the multidisciplinary field of lifelong learning. In a learning society, schools and teachers assume a critical role in cultural reproduction and transfer owing to their position in the distribution of cultural capital. The present study was undertaken to assess the culture of lifelong learning through prospective teachers with a focus on its aspect of cultural participation. The study employed the survey model as a quantitative research method. The study universe consists of 538 prospective teachers attending Ankara University. Data concerning the cultural participation patterns among prospective teachers were collected through the “Cultural Participation Survey” developed by the author. The data analysis was conducted with frequency analysis, percentage analysis, chi-square testing, t-testing, and one-way variance analysis (ANOVA). As a result, the great majority of prospective teachers are observed not to have attained the position of active subjects in the field of culture when the same is considered as a medium for learning. The study identified a low level of cultural participation among prospective teachers and a correlation between such a level and their respective sociocultural environments and the socioeconomic levels they represent.

Keywords: cultural participation, cultural capital, cultural participation of teachers, teacher education, culture and learning

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