Absenteeism at state high schools and related school management policies in Turkey(Ankara Case)

Zeki Pehlivan

Abstract: The problem of the present study: What is the opinion of administrators, students, counseling teachers and course teachers in public schools about the reasons for student absenteeism and the applications and policies of the school administration regarding absenteeism? The survey was given to a total of 568 participants selected by “stratified sampling method” from 28 schools, and 35 students with high rate of absenteeism selected from the same schools were also interviewed. The school staff believe the students and their families to be the factors causing the absenteeism problem, the students regards educational factors to be the main reason for absenteeism problem.  

摘要：本文研究的问题是：公办学校学校管理者、学生、班主任以及授课教师对于学生缺勤的观点以及原因是什么，以及学校对于学生缺勤应该采取什么样的措施，实施什么样的政策。本研究通过分层抽样的方法，从28所学校中选取568名参与者，其中有35名缺勤率较高的学生。调查结果发现：一方面，学校的工作人员认为学生及家长是引起缺勤问题的主要因素，另一方面，学生认为学校的教育存在问题是造成学生缺勤的主要因素。

出处：《Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences》2011年第15卷