<p class="apa">Aim of the study is to investigate the problems faced by the teachers’ of immigrant children living in Turkey. The study was conducted based on the qualitative phenomenological research design and purposive sampling method was used. Qualitative research technique was used to collect, analyze and interpret data and technically content analysis was used in this research. A semi-structured interview schedule prepared in accordance with the qualitative research approach is used as a data collection tool. As a result of the analysis, it was found that main problems face by these teachers were categorized as problems caused by the Ministry of Education, adaptation problems of the students and problems related with the migrant parents. Among them, most complained problems were those caused by the Ministry of Education. Depending on the data obtained, it can be said that, Ministry of Education has no policy or planning about the education of the migrants and the teachers were not prepared for the education and training of migrant children. Another finding was the indifference of the migrant parents regarding the school. A striking point in the study was that the teachers never mentioned about the problems concerning the differences of race, ethnicity or gender. As a result of the evaluation, it is suggested that the Ministry of Education should provide language training for immigrants and care more about the equivalence of the students, training teachers and candidate teachers about immigrant pedagogy and to develop better relations between the school and the migrant families.</p>

The aim of the study was to determine the motivation levels of teachers working in primary school and the level of transformational leadership qualities of school principals based on the perceptions of teachers; and then the investigate of the relationship between teacher motivation and the transformational leadership qualities of school principals. The sample consists of 397 class teachers and subject matter teachers who were chosen randomly and work at the central boroughs of Ankara. As a result of the study, it was determined the motivation levels of teachers is “partly satisfied” whereas the transformational leadership characteristics level of school principals is “rarely.”At the end of the study, no meaningful relationship was found between the transformational leadership characteristics of school principals and the level of teacher motivation.

The aim of this research is to measure the perception of middle school students in Ankara regarding the quality of school life. According to the findings obtained, the students have moderate level perceptions about the quality of school life. Their perceptions about sub-dimensions vary. While the students have the highest perceptions about sub-dimension "status", they have the lowest perceptions about "school management". The students have moderate perceptions about sub-dimension "student" which includes mutual relations between students. Similarly, they have moderate perceptions about feelings towards the school which include items related with school image as perceived by the students. The school management, which is directly responsible for the school climate and image, has an impact on life quality perception. Analyzing school life quality of the students by their demographic features, it was found that female students and students in a class consisting of 10-20 students have higher school life quality perception. Although academic success of the students varies, their school life quality perception does not vary.

The aim of this study is to develop a valid and reliable measurement tool that can determine the organizational peace according to teacher perceptions. In the academic year of 2020-2021, total 1796 teachers (622 first application and 1174 for second application) working in elementary schools, middle schools and high schools in Şanlıurfa participated in the study. The total number of items on the scale was 27. The scale is arranged in 5-point Likert type scale format, with options ranging from 5 (strongly agree) to 1 (strongly disagree). As a result of the analysis made, it consists of 4 sub-dimensions. Sub-dimensions of the scale are balance, leadership, policies and environment. Internal consistency reliability coefficients of scale factors were found high according to the findings, Validity and reliability were provided by using exploratory factor analysis followed by confirmatory factor analysis. The developed scale can be used to measure organizational peace in schools. Study is limited to public schools. The limit of this study is that it was conducted in only the public schools in Şanlıurfa. However, findings obtained may be exemplary for future studies. Conducting studies with a similar scope at private schools may be helpful in comparing public and private schools.

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