Abstract
The aim of this study is to examine the records of secondary education institutions’ disciplinary committee decisions, and to put forth the reasons why high school students are punished, and which punishments are given. The distribution of these punishments in terms of students’ grade, school type and gender is also explored in the study. In this qualitative case study, the data were collected through document analysis. The study group of the study consists of nine high schools located in a district of a province in the Aegean region of Turkey. The data in the study consist of 384 disciplinary cases recorded in the disciplinary board minute books and e-school between 2016-2020 years. Content analysis was performed on the data. In the 384 disciplinary cases registered in schools, the most frequent punishment is condemnation. The disciplinary punishments are mostly concentrated on male students by gender, in 9th grade students by grade level, and in vocational and technical high school types by school type.
Highlights
Humans are creatures who cannot live alone, but in communities, and have free will
Based on the disciplinary offenses of students attending to nine secondary education schools located in a district of a city in the Aegean region of Turkey, this case study examines the disciplinary offenses of students, distribution of these offences in terms of gender and grade level, the total number of students, the ratio of punishments to total school population, and the finalized punishments given in the board meetings at the end of the academic year through document analysis method
According to the results of the research, when the distribution of disciplinary punishments is examined in terms of gender variable, it is seen that male students receive more disciplinary punishments than female students
Summary
Humans are creatures who cannot live alone, but in communities, and have free will. As well as the effect of the rules in maintaining the development of the individual in harmony, the rules play a major role in the fulfillment of the requirements of the education and instruction activities and in ensuring the social order. These rules can be written or unwritten. Turkish Language Association (2005) defined the concept of discipline as “A community's strict compliance with the laws and the written or Address of Corresponding Author
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