Encountered Disciplinary Problems in Elementary Schools Of a Low Socioeconomically Status District

The purpose of this research is to determine the most frequently encountered disciplinary problems, reveal disciplinary punishment frequency due to students’ these disciplinary problems, and present the relationship between families and their undisciplined students in the elementary schools to be situated in a low socioeconomically status district.The sample of this study consists of 554 teachers composing of 308 women and 246 men who worked 2010-2011 academic year in 55 elementary schools to be situated in a low socioeconomically status district of Istanbul.According to the results of the research, it is seen that disciplinary problems decrease when family interest increases, senior teachers and male teachers encounter with less disciplinary problems in comparison with junior teachers and female teachers, there are similar disciplinary problems of both first and second stages, besides dress and bad language problems are incorporated into them. It is seen that contrary to expectations, walking around in the classroom, making noise, interrupting and talking without permission problems have appeared above the average as class levels rise in upper classes.