Abstract

Jamal Abdil Fattah Al-Assaf and Muhammad Ibrahim Al-Kaddah

The study aimed at identifying the degree of secondary stage teachers` recognition of democratic principles and the extent of practicing them in learning processes. In order to realize the goal of the study, a random sample of (117) male and female teachers were selected by the researchers who also prepared the required tools of the study. The results indicated that the degree of secondary stage teachers` recognition and practicing of democratic principles in Jordan was of a high level. In addition there were no statistically significant differences between the recognition of democratic principles and practicing them in Jordan. In the light of those results, the researchers introduced some relevant recommendations, the most prominent of which are adopting democratic principles as a method to be performed at secondary schools thought sharing elected representatives of students, for example, and being open to the civil society organizations to extend the democratic participation of all social categories.