Evaluation of European Union Projects Contribution to Special Education Schools with the Views of School Principals and Teachers

The purpose of this study; is to evaluate the responses of school principals and teachers in special education schools to the “Scale for Evaluating the Contributions of EU Projects” to measure the contributions of the EU Projects (Ka1) to special education schools. In this study designed in survey model, it was also investigated whether the scale considerations differed according to gender, age, professional seniority, education level, participation in the project. The study group of the study consisted of 139 teachers and school principals (89 female and 50 male). Scale for Evaluating the Contributions of EU Projects developed by Kesik and Balci (2016) was used as a means of collecting data in the survey. The Cronbach alpha reliability coefficient of scale is 0.95. Cronbach Alpha reliability coefficient in this study is 0.97. In the analysis of the data, descriptive analysis (percentage, frequency, standard deviation, arithmetic average, mode, median etc.) and statistical techniques were used. Perceptions of the contribution of EU projects to special education schools according to gender, age, professional seniority, level of education, and the variable of participation in the project; it was found that there was no significant difference in the whole scale and sub dimensions.