VIBRANT SCHOOLS IN TURKEY: THE PERSPECTIVE OF SCHOOL PRINCIPALS TOWARDS VIBRANT SCHOOL CLIMATE

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The purpose of the study was to highlight the fundamental pillars of a student-friendly school atmosphere and to suggest premises for vibrant school climate proposed by Clement, Tschannen-Moran, Hockaday, Feldstein (2017) in the Turkish schools. The design of the study was generic qualitative study. Based on the purpose of this study, semi-structured interviews were conducted as the main data collection instrument. The data were collected 20 primary public-school principals in Ankara, Turkey. The content analysis technique was used to analyze the data. Based on the results of the study, although the appealing school characteristics in Turkey refer to the vibrant school climate, the findings revealed that Turkish public schools are not ready to embrace all the dimensions of vibrant school climate currently.

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Vibrant School Climate, Playful Learning, Student Voice

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A. N. Gürdal, “VIBRANT SCHOOLS IN TURKEY: THE PERSPECTIVE OF SCHOOL PRINCIPALS TOWARDS VIBRANT SCHOOL CLIMATE,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2021.