Özet:

School culture is one of the basic elements in the effectiveness of the schools. Research results indicate school culture has an influence on some elements such as motivation, effectiveness and commitment of the people. In this sense, it is intended to search the situation of school culture in Turkey; in this research, it is aimed to find out whether the teachers and the headmasters in primary schools have different perceptions for the culture in relation to personal, professional features and some features of their schools and to improve suggestions to this end. The data were obtained in 50 schools of Istanbul by means of "a Questionnaire on School Culture". According to the findings of the research, the perceptions of the school principles concerning the school culture vary depending on their educational levels. And the perceptions of the teachers concerning the school culture vary significantly in terms of gender, how long they have worked the status and socio-economic level of their schools.

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