STUDENTS' MISBEHAVIOUR IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS DEPENDING ON IMMIGRATION

The purpose of this study is to establish the immigrant students' misbehaviors faced mostly by school psychological counselors working in secondary schools. The factors lead to emerging of the immigrant students misbehaviors in the school environment was investigated. A qualitative research approach was used in this study. The study group consists of school counselors working in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus secondary schools and high schools. The study group consists of 27 school psychological counselors. In the formation of the study group, deviant sampling method was used from purposive sampling methods. In this study, the data were collected by Personal Information Form and Students' Misbehaviors Interview Form that were prepared by researcher. Personal Information Form was also prepared to identify the study group. Students' Misbehaviors Interview Form was consists of two open ended questions to determine immigrant students misbehaviors that school psychological counselors have encountered mostly and the factors leading to the misbehaviors. The collected data were analyzed by content analysis.