Abstract
The aim of this research is to evaluate the school and classroom rules of primary schools in Northern Cyprus in accordance with the classroom teachers’ opinions. In this research, conducted within this scope of this particular aim, the qualitative method of interviewing has been utilised. The research’s population consists of classroom teachers who teach Turkish, Mathematics, Science and Technology and Social Sciences employed in primary schools in Northern Cyprus. The sample group of the research is formed of 55 classroom teachers chosen with the maximum variation sampling method. A semi-structured interview form developed by researchers for classroom teachers has been used as the data gathering tool of the research. Case study was also used in this qualitative research as a research model. The implementation period of the research has been executed as an interview method after receiving the necessary permission from Northern Cyprus Ministry of Education, Department of Primary Education and afterwards, face-to-face interviews were carried out with the classroom teachers of the sample group to gather the research data. In light of this study which concerns the school and classroom rules in primary education institutions, certain suggestions were put forward.
Highlights
Education is the primary factor to be considered when regarding the development of a country or a society
With the formation of school and classroom rules, it has been determined that the classroom teachers specify which methods of rewarding are to be used for abiding by the rules and which methods are to be used for their violation
Classroom teachers argue that the role violations in primary schools in Northern Cyprus are as follows: violence against other students, disrupting lectures, inappropriate statements that include insults or abusive language, speaking without permission in classroom, making noise in school and classrooms, failing to comply with the current rules on cleanliness, arriving late to school, harming school property/equipment/supplies and theft
Summary
Education is the primary factor to be considered when regarding the development of a country or a society. Ilgar states that education has an important role in the development of a country and its adaptation to the current age. Even though education is known as the “art of behavioural modification” in the most common sense, contemporary and extensive definitions can be found regarding this concept in literature. In their definition, Demirel and Kaya (2007) express that education is a social process providing social sufficiency and maximum development; especially under the influence of schools. Öz (2003) expresses that education is a process which lasts from one’s birth to death and states that it is a concept
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