University Students’ Tendencies Toward and Reasons Behind Dropout

Üniversite öğrencilerinin okulu bırakma eğilimlerini ve nedenlerini belirlemek amacıyla gerçekleştirilen bu araştırmada genel olarak yüksek düzeyde (%45) okulu bırakma eğilimi tespit edilmiştir. Bu oran, her iki öğrenciden birinin herhangi bir sebeple en az bir defa okuldan ayrılmak istediğine işaret etmektedir. Elde edilen verilerin analizi sonucunda, üniversite düzeyinde görülen yüksek oranlı okul terki eğiliminin başta kişisel etkenler olmak üzere, aile, arkadaş ve okul etkenlerinden kaynaklandığı ortaya çıkmıştır. Araştırma sonucunda okulu bırakmaya etki eden kişisel özelliklerin başta cinsiyet olmak üzere, akademik başarı, okula devam sıklığı, okul dışında çalışma, okulda canı sıkılma ve disiplin soruşturması geçirme gibi durumlar olduğu gözlenmiştir. Araştırma sonuçlarına göre öğrencileri okul terkine iten okul faktörleri, başta öğrencilerin okudukları fakülte olmak üzere, fakülteden, yöneticilerden ve öğretim elemanlarından memnuniyet düzeyleri, fakültedeki sosyal etkinliklerden memnuniyet düzeyleri, okudukları fakültede zorlanma zorlanmama durumları ve okudukları fakülteyi isteyerek tercih etme etmeme durumları gibi faktörlerdir. Araştırmada ayrıca, okulu bırakan yakın arkadaşlara sahip olma ile okulu bırakma eğilimi arasında doğrudan bir ilişki bulunmuştur.

Üniversite Öğrencilerinin Okulu Bırakma Eğilimleri ve Nedenleri

In this research conducted to investigate university students’ tendencies toward and reasons behinddropout, it was found that university students had a high level of tendency towards dropout (45%). This indicated thatone out of two students wanted to drop out of school at least once for a reason. As a result, their tendencies towarddropout was due to personal factors as well as those related to family, friends, and school. The personal factorsaffecting tendency toward dropout were gender, academic performance, school attendance, out-of-school work,boredom at school, and discipline penalty. According to the results, the factors related to school were faculty type,level of satisfaction with administrative and teaching staff as well as with social activities, level of difficulty in thedepartment, and willingness to choose faculty. Furthermore, in this study, a positive relationship was found betweendropout tendency and possession of close friends who dropped out of school.

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