Examining of school culture at middle schools

The purpose of this research is to determine the relationship between the demographic structure of the branch teachers and their schools and the aspects of these school cultures. The research was carried out with 237 branch teachers in the middle schools located on the district of Fatih, Istanbul. In this research the data has been collected and evaluated by means of '' the scale of the school culture'' developed by Ali Rıza TERZİ. The acquired data has been analyzed by the SPSS for Windows 22,0 and Windows Office Excel 2007 Program. T- Test has been used for comparing the continuous data between the two independent sample groups. As for the other independent groups which are more than two, the one way ANOVA test has been used. In addition to these Scheffe test has been used as a supplement Post-hoc analysis. According to the results of this research the aspect of ''Duty Culture''s frequency rate was higher comparing to other cultures. In the aspect of ''Success Culture'' it has been identified that there is a significant difference between the ages, educational status, socio-economic levels related to the school environment and the duration of working hours of teachers at the same school. As for the aspect of '' Support Culture'' the same results have been found out between the ages of teachers and this aspect. In the aspect of the ''Duty Culture'' a significant difference has been found out between the age of the teachers and the socio-economic level of the school environment. In this research, it has been suggested to the school managers and the Directorates of National Education that they should work through for the development of '' Support Culture''. Keywords : Organization Culture, School Culture, School culture dimensions