Abstract:

This study has been aimed at determining what the disciplinary problems in professional and technical high schools are, the causes of these problems, the ways to solve them and the views of teachers where they differ according to the gender and the fields of teaching. The teachers are also asked to evaluate their skills in dealing with disciplinary problems. Since the teachers’ views are studied by qualitative and quantitative methods, this study is in the karma method pattern. Quantitative data in the study were obtained through conversations using a structured conversation form, while qualitative data with the "Disciplinary Problems, Causes and Solutions Survey in Professional and Technical High Schools" developed by the researchers. In the collection of quantum data, 296 teachers identified using simple unselective sampling and 12 teachers identified using the easy-to-access sample method in the qualification section. As a result, the most common disciplinary problems in vocational high schools have been determined as continuity, attention to the cell phone in classroom, argulous and curious speech and non-compliance with school and class rules. The causes of specified disciplinary problems appear to be the source of students, school management and school, teacher, finally family and the environment. Teachers are determined to prefer more interferential solutions in solving disciplinary problems. It is also determined that the behaviors that teachers see as problematic, the causes and solutions of these behaviors vary according to the gender of teachers and the fields of teaching. Teachers have not been able to deal with their disciplinary problems, but they have not been able to score low points.

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