%0 Journal Article %T Teachers ¡¯ Opinions on Student Diversity %A Seyithan Demirda£¿ %J - %D 2019 %X Positive attitudes of individuals toward diversity will further strengthen their beliefs inprotection and development of human rights, equal access to education, and participation ofdemocracy. The purpose of this study is to examine the perceptions of teachers working inpublic schools on student diversity. The research was carried out usingqualitative approaches.The survey model was employed to determine teachers'opinionson student diversity. A totalof 64 teachers participated in the study. The participants were selected by stratified samplingmethod. The data in the study was collected through interview forms. Collecting data from eachparticipant took about 20-35 minutes. The collection of all data took about six months. The datawas analyzed usingthe descriptive analysis method. The findings of the study showed that interms of student diversity, teachers had the most difficult times in performing their duties whenstudents were reluctant towards learning activities in the classroom. It has been determined thatthe situations where the teachers were easily able to overcome were related to students¡¯ featuresand teachers¡¯ personal initiatives. Finally, the overall results suggested that teachers needed tohave effective resources and environments inorder to be able to have necessary knowledge andskills in every dimension of student diversity %K £¿£¿renci £¿e£¿itlili£¿i %K £¿£¿retmenler %K nitel ara£¿t£¿rma %K tarama modeli %U http://dergipark.org.tr/auebfd/issue/42626/410769