THE REVIEW OF THE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE LEADERSHIP STYLES OF TEACHERS AND CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT SUFFICIENCY

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The aim of the study is to review the correlation between the leadership styles of teachers and classroom management sufficiency. It is thought that the teachers who have leadership characteristics would also be successful on the subject of classroom management, that is why, it is possible that, there is a connection between leadership and classroom management. The study group of the scanning model consist of 313 teachers who work in the Mardin Province. The data were collected through not only personal information forms filled by those teachers but also the scale of leadership styles and scale of sufficiency of teacher candidates’ classroom management, to take a further look on the data collected, Kolmovgorov Smirnow test was used to see whether it shows normal distribution, Pearson Correlation Exponent was used to find out the connection, Mann Whitney U Test was used for the variables that have two factors, Kruskal Wallis Test was done for the variables that have more than two factors. Also, Cronbach Alpha Exponent was found for the reliability of the scale. Besides examining the relation between leadership and classroom management, relation management, teaching management, behaviour management, physical arrangement management and time management which are the sub-dimensions of classroom management sufficiency scale were analysed according to the variables of sex, age, seniority, branch and graduation status. According to Pearson Correlation Exponent a positive directional weak relationship was found between leadership and classroom management. While there is also a positive directional weak relationship between leadership and relation management, teaching management, physical arrangement management, time management; there is no meaningful correlation between leadership and behaviour management.