Suriye'li öğrencilerin eğitim hedefleri ile okula aidiyet duyguları: Karma yöntem çalışması

The current study investigated the Syrian students' educational aspirations and sense of school belonging to the school. In this mixed-method study, the quantitative strand was based on a background survey and the Sense of School Belonging Scale and gathered data from 318 Syrian middle and high school students. The qualitative strand was composed of semi-structured interviews carried out with 15 voluntary Syrian middle school and high school students and open-ended questions posed in the interview form. The study examined the relationship between educational aspiration and sense of school belonging of Syrian secondary and high school based on student responses. One middle and three high schools from Altındağ district of Ankara included in the study. High Syrian student enrollment was a factor in the selection. Exploratory Factor Analysis, Cronbach Alpha were used for validity and reliability. Pearson Correlation Coefficient was used to analyze the correlation between the variables in the study. Moreover, Multiple Linear Regression (MLR) was used to determine the relationships between dependent and independent variables. Based on findings, it was concluded that students' perceptions about educational aspiration and sense of school belonging were at a medium level. Additionally, students' educational aspirations significant related to family socioeconomic status, social alienation, school acceptance, parental education, and the gender of the students. Finding on the sense of school belonging was also indicated that students' perceptions about the variables in the study differed according to their gender, duration of stay in Turkey, and the school participants were currently enrolled. Moreover, the feelings of rejection, social integration, feeling the acceptance, educational expectation, general satisfaction, and teacher-student relationship factors at the student level had significant effects on students' sense of school belonging.