THE REASONS FOR UNETHICAL BEHAVIOURS IN EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS: WHAT SHOULD BE DONE?

Year 2024, Volume: 12 Issue: 2, 142 - 159, 31.12.2024

Huzur Kurt , Engin Aslanargun

Abstract

This research was conducted to reveal, according to the opinions of the principals, the reasons for the unethical behavior of teachers towards students, colleagues, parents and school administrators while performing their profession. The research was conducted using the case study design within the qualitative research tradition. The research was conducted in high school schools in Düzce province in the 2021-2022 academic year, and the opinions of seventeen school principals were consulted to find answers to the research questions. The study group was determined using criterion sampling and snowball sampling, which are purposeful sampling methods. Descriptive analysis and content analysis methods, which are qualitative data analysis techniques, were used to analyze the school principal's opinions. According to the findings, the reasons for teachers' unethical behavior are; They were grouped into three sub-themes: reasons arising from professional inadequacy, reasons arising from the system and management, and personal reasons. Recommendations were made to practitioners and researchers within the framework of the findings.

Keywords

ethics, teaching professional ethics, reasons for ethical violations

THE REASONS FOR UNETHICAL BEHAVIOURS IN EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS: WHAT SHOULD BE DONE?

Abstract

Bu araştırma, müdür görüşlerine göre öğretmenlerin mesleğini icra ederken öğrencilere, meslektaşlarına, velilere ve okul yöneticilerine yönelik etik dışı davranışlarının nedenlerini ortaya çıkarmak amacıyla yapılmıştır. Araştırma nitel araştırma geleneği içerisinde durum çalışması deseni kullanılarak gerçekleştirilmiştir. Araştırma, 2021-2022 eğitim-öğretim yılında Düzce ilindeki lise okullarında gerçekleştirilmiş olup, araştırma sorularına cevap bulmak için on yedi okul müdürünün görüşlerine başvurulmuştur. Çalışma grubu amaçlı örnekleme yöntemlerinden ölçüt örnekleme ve kartopu örnekleme kullanılarak belirlenmiştir. Okul müdürü görüşlerinin analizinde nitel veri analiz tekniklerinden betimsel analiz ve içerik analizi yöntemleri kullanılmıştır. Bulgulara göre öğretmenlerin etik dışı davranışlarının nedenleri; Bunlar mesleki yetersizlikten kaynaklanan nedenler, sistem ve yönetimden kaynaklanan nedenler ve kişisel nedenler olmak üzere üç alt temada gruplandırılmıştır. Elde edilen bulgular çerçevesinde uygulayıcılara ve araştırmacılara önerilerde bulunulmuştur.

Keywords

ethics, teaching professional ethics, reasons for ethical violations

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