University students’ opinions regarding school vandalism in Turkey

Main Article Content

Sevda Aslan

Abstract

In this study, the aim is to determine university students’ opinions regarding school vandalism. The study group consisted of 203 first- to fourth-year students studying at Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Yıldırım Beyazıt University; Gazi Faculty of Education, Gazi University; Faculty of Health Science, Kırıkkale University; Faculty of Education; Faculty of Education, Hacettepe University; Faculty of Agriculture, Omer Halis Demir University; Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences; Faculty of Arts and Sciences and Faculty of Education in Spring 2016–2017 academic year[AQ: Please approve edits made to sentence ‘Faculty of Education. . . ’]. In this study, university students’ views regarding school vandalism form were developed by the researcher in order to determine the views of university students. The study is a descriptive type of study. These forms consisting of 20 items were designed as a five-point Likert-type scale. The frequencies and percentages will be calculated later on. It was found that students’ positive perceptions about damage to the property by someone exposed to violence. On the other hand, their most negative perceptions were increase in vandalism as the students’ age increases.

Keywords: University students, school vandalism, student views.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Article Details

How to Cite
Aslan, S. (2017). University students’ opinions regarding school vandalism in Turkey. New Trends and Issues Proceedings on Humanities and Social Sciences, 4(8), 162–170. https://doi.org/10.18844/prosoc.v4i8.3027 (Original work published January 10, 2018)
Section
Articles