Ön lisans Öğrencilerinin Okul İklimi Algılarının Belirlenmesi

Abstract

climate is an important phenomenon that determines the quality of education and affects the behavior of teachers and students. Therefore, researches on school climate should increase in terms of quality of education. In this study, it is aimed to determine the perception of school climate of vocational school students. Descriptive model, one of the quantitative research methods, was used as the research model. 664 students, who have studied at vocational school and vocational school of health services of a foundation university, participated in the research. Research data was collected with the School Climate Scale. As a result of the research, the average score of the students from the school climate scale, with the highest score of 85 points, was determined as 56.65 (Ss = 14.68). The school climate average scores of the students were categorized as “intermediate (45-64 score range) school climate”. In addition, students evaluated the vocational schools where the research was conducted as sufficient in terms of learning environment and communication, and inadequate in terms of commitment to Students' perception of school climate does not change according to the program studied at vocational school. However, it was determined that it changed in the vocational school of health services according to the program studied. Finally, as the ages of the students increase, their perception of the school climate increases; As the grade level increased, perceptions of school climate decreased. The research findings are evaluated in conjunction with other research findings and suggestions were made for vocational schools to increase their students’ school climate perceptions.