THE OPINIONS OF THE TEACHER AND STUDENT RELEVANT TO THE UNWANTED BEHAVIORS IN THE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT

Abstract

The unwanted behaviors at the primary schools adversely affect both the education-learning studies and the student development. The discipline problems get involved on the basis of these behaviors that disrupt the climate of lesson and cause difficulties relevant to the targeted acquisition. The purpose of this study is that in the school environment what the student’s unwanted behaviors are and why they occur are tried to be figured out with the opinions of the teacher and student .The study has been carried out with the teacher and the students in the primary schools that have different socio-economic features in 2012. A total of sixty-five students and thirty-six teachers have taken part in the research. The semi-structured interview technique has been used to collect the data. The collected data have been analyzed using qualitative data analysis technique. As a result of the work, it follows that the opinions regarding the unwanted behaviors is generally the friend circle and teacher axis. To fix this situation, it might be useful that students’ sense of cohabitation and mutual assistance is created.        

Keywords: unwanted behaviors, student opinions, discipline, teacher opinions

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