A RESEARCH TO DETERMINE THE EFFECT OF EDUCATIONAL EXPENDITURES ON ACADEMIC SUCCESS IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEACHERS' OPINIONS

Abstract

The aim of this study is to conduct a research to determine the effect of education expenditures on academic achievement in line with the opinions of teachers. This research is a survey type research, one of the general survey models. In terms of economy and time, a sample was taken from the universe. The sample of the study consists of 113 primary school teachers in Eyyubiye district, Şanlıurfa which was determined by simple random sampling method. A scale consisting of 20 questions was prepared by the researcher to determine the characteristics of the discontinuous independent variables of the study. The data were collected by the researcher through face-to-face interviews. In the data analysis part of the research, the frequency and percentage distributions of the answers given to the scale questions were found in the first stage. In order to test the sub-problems of the research, the sum of the scales and the sum of each dimension and the arithmetic mean and standard deviation of the items were determined. T test and ANOVA test were applied to understand whether there was a change according to gender, marital status, age and seniority variables. According to the results of the research, sending students to private schools is the leading factor that increases academic success. Then, they think that the education level of the family is effective on academic success and they also think that the socio-cultural environment in which the family lives affects academic success.