Abstract
Most Common Acts of Violence in Schools Based on the Opinions of School Principals and Teachers: Reasons and Solution Offers to Violence
The aim of this research is to probe the most common acts of violence in schools, reasons of them, and solution offers for preventing them based on the opinions of principals and teachers. The research group of this qualitative study consists of 21 school principals and 8 teachers who enrolled in Dicle University Educational Sciences M.S Program in Diyarbakir province during 2011-2012 educational year. Data was collected through semi-structured interview form developed by the researchers. Collected data was analyzed in NVivo program
with content analysis. The findings revealed that the highest frequency of act of violence in
schools is violence from student to teacher according to principals and teachers. Moreover, they stated that the reasons of the violence are resulted from the factors related to the school itself. Their solution offers for violence are mostly gathered around school factors.
Keywords
Violence, Violence in School, Types of Violence, Reasons of Violence, Solution Offers to Violence
