Phenomena of elementary teachers' experiences in the process of educational change according to Michael Fullen's approach

The main purpose of this study is to explain the current state of educational change in the micro (educational area and school) based on the life experiences of primary school teachers, according to the theory of Michael Fullan (2007) and determine its distance from the desired situation. The research approach is qualitative and its main method is phenomenology. The study population is elementary school teachers who were selected (10 people) as the criterion-based sampling method, criterion-type, until the theoretical saturation. Also, in order to validate the findings, 2 additional interviews were conducted and therefore, 12 people were selected. The research tool includes face-to-face interviews of semi-structured and unstructured type. One of the most important achievements of the present study is to prove the importance of the combination of two types of individual and social agency in the teacher and also his three-dimensional role in educational change.