The Effectiveness of Pre-Service Teacher Training in Classroom Management Skills

The purpose of this study was to analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of the 3-week preservice teacher training given at Ba kent University in terms of classroom management skills. To thatend, the following research questions were tried to answer:1. How do the Preparatory School teachers apply the classroom management principles taught in BUTPin their classrooms? 2. Are there similar positive and/or negative patterns in the teachers’ behaviors in terms of classroommanagement? 3. How, do the teachers feel, does the training program in classroom management affect theirclassroom management skills?4. What is the overall effectiveness of the BU-TTP?The study was conducted at the Preparatory School of Ba kent University. The subjects of this studywere the teachers and the students of the Preparatory School. In order to obtain data, 40 teachers weregiven a questionnaire, containing graded and open-ended questions, which was designed by theresearchers.The results indicated that most of the teachers at Ba kent University are aware of the classroommanagement principles taught during the teacher training program. It was concluded that theclassroom management skills are implemented adequately in the classroom and that the teachertraining program is generally found effective.