Secondary School Administrators' Opinions on the Prevention of Violent Behaviours in Schools

Violence is an important issue in our country just as it is in the societies worldwide. Violence in schools as an interdisciplinary issue of sociology and psychology disciplines affects the school climate and students' learning processes negatively. It slows down students' development while defining aggression and sort of crime behaviors. In this study, the frequency of violent behaviors occurring in middle schools and school administrators reviews and precautions on this matter were analyzed. The study group of the present research consisted of 21 school administrators serving in Istanbul-Esenyurt district , public middle schools, in 2013-2014 academic year. A qualitative method was used and asked to the school administrators open-ended questions on how they manage violent behavior in their schools. The results were evaluated by 3 experts and were classified into 5 themes. According to the results, types of violent behaviour that were seen in schools were physical, verbal emotional and sexual.