The discipline approach of the primary school administrators

This study has been made so as to analyze the attitudes of elementary school managers in comparison with teachers regarding the problems of discipline.Quantitative research methods have been used in data collection. The survey has been conducted on 150 class teachers and branch teachers in 10 elementary schools in the Fatih district of the province of Istanbul. Of 64 male and 86 female teachers who took part in the survey, 76 teachers were class teachers and 74 were branch teachers. The majority of teachers were either bachelors (%73,5) or graduates of teachers? college (%68).?Behavior scale of discipline problems? and ?socio-demographic data survey sheets?, which had been developed by researcher, were used in order to collect data. The behavior scale of discipline problems has been made up of 20 items. The scale has a one-dimensional structure and its cronbach-alpha coefficient is 90. The lowest point of the scale is 20, whereas the highest one is 100. High points reflect positive behavior. Percentage and frequency distribution in data analysis, t test in independent groups, as well as in the comparison of variables, and the techniques of unilateral variance analysis have been used. Data has been collected through SPSS 11.5 statistical package program.The average point of teachers in ?Behavior Scale of Discipline Problems? is 72,3. In general, school managers have a positive attitude in the issues of discipline. The attitude of teachers and school managers towards the issues of discipline does not change depending on gender, branch, seniority, faculty, in-service training and the existence of directorship, basic training and branch training seminars (p>0.05). The attitudes of managers and teachers towards discipline change in accordance with age (p<0.05). Teachers aged between 36-40 have more negative approaches in comparison with teachers in other age groups.As a result, teachers have positive approaches towards the directorship applications of school managers.