AGGRESSIVE TEACHER BEHAVIORS AND ITS’ AFFECTS ON STUDENTS

Undesirable behaviors are those actions which are inappropriate for the situation or context in question, but they are consciously developed. In this context, all of the behaviors that hinder educational activities in the class and at school can be considered as undesirable/negative behaviors (Sağlam, 2007). However, when undesirable behaviors at schools are mentioned, inappropriate student behaviors come to the mind first. In fact, teachers may also exhibit some undesirable behaviors, and these behaviors negatively affect the learning process and learners' behaviors (Bonfield, 2003; Dolin, 1995; Toale, 2001) or such behaviors might destroy learners' self-esteem and learning abilities (Çıngır, 2004). In this study, it is aimed to determine the views of teacher candidates on aggressive teachers’ behaviors and the question that “According to teacher candidates’’ perceptions, in what extent their own teachers show aggressive teacher behavior?” is determined as the problem sentences. The population of this research is 460 students who study in the academic year 2012-2013 in the University of Necmettin Erbakan, Ahmet Kelesoglu Faculty of Education. According to teacher candidates' perceptions, aggressive teacher behaviors and reactions of students on those issues are seen that the grading scale of students’ views are ranged in two groups between “strongly disagree” with the interval 1-1.79 and “disagree” with the interval 1.80-2.59.