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This research studied the opinions of primary school(grades 1-4) class teachers and middle school (grades 5-8)subject teachers about the necessity and execution of learnersâ€a„¢ autonomy support and aimed to find out if these opinions vary according to gender, subject, experience and type of school (public or private) they are working for. The study has been carried out during 2013-2014 education session in Alanya, Antalya, Turkey. Study group consist of 217 class teachers working in primary schools and 235 subject teachers working in middle schools. Data is collected with the Learner Autonomy Support Scale and analyzed by Mann-Whitney U Test, Kruskal Wallis Test, Wilcoxon Test and Spearman` rho. According to the findings of the study the opinions of the teachers on the necessity and execution of the learners`autonomy supportive behaviors are positively related and vary significantly. In addition the opinions of the teachers on the necessity and execution of the learners` autonomy supportive behaviors vary according to gender, experience and subject but do not vary according to the type of school i.e. public or private.

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