Attitudes of distance education students about distance education based on demographic data1 Dr. Gülten Dilek Çaĝırgan*, Dr. Poyraz Cengiz** *İstanbul University, Hasan Ali Yüucel Faculty of Education, Department of Primary Education, İstanbul **İstanbul University, Hasan Ali Yüucel Faculty of Education, Department of Educational Sciences, İstanbul 1This article is the revised form of the paper presented at the V. International Congress of Educational Research at Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, June 6–9, 2013 Online published on 21 November, 2013. Abstract This research aims to explore distance education students’ views of distance education in terms of certain demographic data. In line with the aim of the research, the existing situation was evaluated with respect to distance education students’ gender, age, views of distance education in verbal and numerical courses, study habits, reasons for their choice of distance education and parental level of education. The research was carried out in survey model. The research data were collected during the academic year of 2012–2013 from distance education students enrolled in a university in the city of İstanbul. The data collected were analyzed by means of a statistical package program and interpreted according to the findings. Based on the research findings, some suggestions were presented for further research and researchers. Top Keywords Distance education, distance education students, views of distance education, distance education students’ demographic features. Top |