The Relationship between School Climate Perceptions and School Size and Status / Okul İklimi Algıları ile Okulun Büyüklüğü ve Statüsü Arasındaki İlişki

Abstract

Over the last three decades, much research into school effectiveness has indicated the importance of school climate in school improvement efforts. This article describes the results of a study on school climate perceptions in relation to school size and status. The study employed a sample of 600 sixth, seventh and eighth grade students and 426 teachers in 16 public and 4 private primary schools in four central districts of Izmir, Turkey. The findings of this descriptive study indicated that both the teachers and the students hold generally positive perceptions about school climate and that there is a significant difference in the school climate perceptions of both the teachers and students in terms of school characteristics. One interesting finding of the present research is that students in public schools have more positive perceptions of school climate than their private school counterparts. In light of the findings of the study, some suggestions were made for school principals as well as policy-makers.

Keywords

• School climate
• school size
• public schools
• private schools
• school improvement

Okul İklimi Algıları ile Okulun Büyüklüğü ve Statüsü Arasındaki İlişki / The Relationship between School Climate Perceptions and School Size and Status1

Abstract

Okul iklimi araştırmaları, olumlu okul ikliminin, öğrencilerin akademik başarısının ve öğretmenlerin iş doyumlarının önemli bir göstergesi olduğunu ortaya koymuştur. Geçtiğimiz otuz yılda gerçekleştirilen etkili okul araştırmalarında okul ikliminin, okul geliştirme çabalarındaki önemli rolü vurgulanmaktadır. Okul ikliminin açık bir biçimde ortaya konulması, okul geliştirme faaliyetlerinin en önemli aşamasıdır. Okul ikliminin ele alındığı bu araştırmanın amacı, öğretmen ve öğrenci algıları açısından ilköğretim okullarının örgütsel iklimini belirlemek ve mevcut iklimi, okul türü ve büyüklüğü açısından değerlendirmektir. 

Keywords

• Okul iklimi
• okul büyüklüğü
• devlet okulları
• özel okullar
• okul geliştirme

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