Abstract:

This research aims at the effects of constructivist approach on classroom management applied in the lessons of the primary schools Qualitative method of research has been used in order to reach this goal Data have been gathered with the method of semi constructed consultation in the research 25 teachers out of 866 form tutors from Izmir Bornova comprise the study group of the research in 2010 2011 academic years 15 of the teachers participating in the consultation are women and 10 of them are men According to the results of the research with the implementations of constructivist approach in the process of education many changes have been seen in the customs of classroom management of the teachers As the teachers are carrying out the constructivist approach in their classes they have claimed that they have been having problems in constructing the system of classroom management with physical arrangements defining the rules forming a solution plan for the unwanted behaviors supply of educational material evaluation relations between the school and the families planning and the relations between the school and the society The teachers have explained that they have not used the traditional methods but different methods so as to maintain the system of classroom management Moreover the teachers have stressed that they have applied to low key interventions for problematic behaviors concerning the reconstructing the system of classroom managemen

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