Author/Authors :
Karakütük, Kasım Ankara Üniversitesi - Faculty of Educational Sciences, Turkey , Tunç, Binali Mersin University - Faculty of Education, Turkey , Bülbül, Tuncer Trakya University - Faculty of Education, Turkey , Özdem, Güven Giresun University - Faculty of Education, Turkey , Tasdan, Murat Kafkas University - Faculty of Education, Turkey , Çelikkaleli, Öner Muğla University - Faculty of Education, Turkey , Bayram, Arslan Ministry of National Education, Turkey
Abstract :
The purpose of this study is to define the adequacyof the physical conditions of public high schools in Turkey according totheir sizes and define the optimal school size. In this study, the surveyresearch model was used and the data was collected from 6.832participants who are working and studying in fifteen different citycentres public high schools, including 270 administrators, 1.151 teachers and 5.411 students in 2009-2010 academic year. According to the results of the study, although the physical conditions of schools differ according to their sizes, in general small, medium sized and large schools physical conditions are inadequate. In the study, it is seen that administrators, teachers and students find small and medium sized schools’ physical conditions more adequate than the large one and it is pointed out that the optimal size of public high schools in city centres of Turkey is up to 1200 students.
