Classroom teachers' views pedagogy of love

This research aims to examine classroom teachers' tendencies towards love pedagogy in terms of various variables. Mixed research method and simultaneous nested design were used in the research. The quantitative dimension of the research consists of 431 participants in Van province, determined by simple random sampling method. The qualitative dimension was carried out with 12 classroom teachers determined by the maximum diversity method. "Tendencies Towards Pedagogy of Love Scale (SPYEÖ)" and "Semi-Structured Interview Form" were used as data collection tools in the research. The collected quantitative data were organized and analyzed (t-test, ANOVA analysis of variance and Post-hoc Analysis) through the SPSS Statistics Program. Qualitative data started to be collected after receiving expert opinion and comprehensibility approval from the participants for the semi-structured interview form, and the themes and sub-themes of the data obtained were created in line with the opinions. Among the quantitative findings of the study, tendencies towards classroom teachers' love pedagogy were found to be significantly related to gender and marital status variables. Among the qualitative findings of the study, it was determined that concepts such as parent, communication with the child, socio-economic status of the school, academic success and friendliness are important in the field of love pedagogy. Quantitative and qualitative findings were discussed together, and it was explained whether the findings supported each other and discussed with the relevant literature.