Author(s): Aysel TÜFEKCİ AKCAN
The study was conducted to explore literacy perceptions of elementary school principals and teachers. The research was conducted using interpretive methodology. The data were collected through questionnaires and semi-structured interviews. The findings indicate that participants placed greater emphasis on the academic and functional values of literacy than on its experiential value. In addition, they highlighted child-related and family- and home-life-related factors, touching only briefly on some of the larger institutional and socio-cultural factors contributing to literacy success/failure of their student
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