A research on secondary school teachers' level of classroom management skills

The purpose of this study is to examine secondary school teachers' level of classroom management skills. For this purpose, the data in this research has been acquired by implementation of Personal Information Form and Classroom Management Skill Questionnaire with 300 teachers chosen from schools in Eyüp and Gaziosmanpaşa İstanbul during 2015-2016 academic year, using simple random sampling method (1-10 from each school). The data has been analyzed using descriptive statistics, analysis of variance (ANOVA) and t test techniques in SPSS 20.0 package, and significance level has been identified as p<,05. As a result of statistical analysis, it has been observed that teachers have a high level of classroom management skill on the total scale and with subdimensions of development and general activities; and that their skills are above average when it comes to subdimensions of introduction and conclusion. According to gender variable, statistically significant difference has been identified within groups, in terms of total scale and with subdimensions of introduction, development and conclusion activities. Seniority variable taken into account, statistically significant difference has been identified within groups, in terms of introduction and conclusion activities. No significant difference has been identified among other parameters and variables. Keywords: Classroom Management, Management Skills