An Investigation of Rural Secondary School Students’ School Images with Regard to Some Variables

Authors : Büşra ÇELİK, Cüneyd ÇELİK, Meryem GÖRECEK BAYBARS

Pages : 194-205

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Publication Date : 2022-08-31

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The aim of this study is to determine the secondary school students’ school images in their minds and to reveal whether or not these images change in terms of the gender and class level variables. The study was carried out in a village school located in the western region of Türkiye in 2018-2019 education year. The village where the study was carried is only 28 kilometres away from the city centre and it has two neighbourhoods. The reason why this school was chosen is that the researcher was working in the school as a substitute teacher at that time when the study was carried out. Convenience sampling was used in the study. The study group consisted of 83 secondary school students. In addition, there were 42 female students and 41 male students in the study group. As a result of the study, it can be stated that two categories (traditional and broader than traditional) related to the secondary school students’ school images stood out. Moreover, it’s revealed that students’ school images didn’t exhibit a considerably significant difference in terms of class level and a balanced distribution was detected in terms of gender.
Keywords : Image, School, Schoolyard, Secondary school students, Rural students