Investigations of teachers’ perceptions of student resistance behavior in their schools

Resistance behaviors are acts of students that negatively affect school environment. In this study, secondary school teachers’ perceptions related to resistance behaviors of the students in their schools is examined. 510 teachers participated in this research that is a descriptive study in scanning model. Student Resistance Behaviors Scale is used in gathering the data. Data is analyzed with “SPSS 25” program. Since the data didn’t show normal range, non-parametric tests are used in the end of the study. Descriptive statistics and Mann Whitney-U test, Kruskal Wallis-H test were performed in the analysis of data. In the result; encountering frequency with student resistance behaviors according to the perceptions of teachers does not change in terms of the branch and graduated school’s type. Although encountering frequency of resistance behaviors doesn’t change significantly according to the gender of teacher, it has been determined that male teachers have high average rates in all contents, hence they encounter more with resistance behaviors. Also, it has been determined that teachers who have seniority below 10 years encounter more frequently with resistance behaviors; in terms of socioeconomic level; on the other hand, according to the perception of teachers who work at low socioeconomic level schools, student resistance behaviors occur more frequentl