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The aim of the research was to examine the relationship between secondary schools teachers’ critical thinking skills and school health perceptions and to develop suggestions in the direction of findings This study was designed as a relational survey model. The universe of the research was composed of the teachers working in the state secondary schools in Izmir in the 2017-2018 academic year. The sample of the study determined by the proportional cluster sampling method constituted 897 teachers working in state secondary schools in the districts of Buca, Çiğli, Gaziemir, Karabağlar, Karşıyaka and Konak in İzmir but 724 teachers participated in the research. According to the results of the research the total scores of secondary school teachers' critical thinking skills showed a significant difference according to their gender and the number of teachers in their schools. The subscale scores of secondary school teachers’ critical thinking skills showed significant differences according to their gender, branches, the number of teachers and students in their schools. The school health perception scores of secondary school teachers showed a significant difference according to their gender, branches, the number of teachers and students in their school. It was seen that there was a positively low correlation between secondary school teachers’ critical thinking skills total and subscale scores and organizational health subscales in addition critical thinking skills subscales explained organizational health subscales significantly.

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