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The purpose of this research is to examine whether low and high student acheivement and new and old types of buildings have a meaningful relationship with perceptions of teachers on quality of school buildings. Quantitative methods were used in the research. 204 teachers from elementary, middle and high school in İzmir, Turkey completed the scale. Stratified random sampling was used in the research. In data collection, ‘Quality School Building Scale’ was used. For data analaysis, t test were used as well as basic statistical methods. Results show that, as academic achievement, there is a meaningful difference between perception of teachers related to school campus, acoustic dimensions and total scale. The difference is in the favor of schools with lower academic achivement. The same dimensions and total scale have difference that old type is favorable. In this sense, improving the quality of school building is important.

The purpose of research is to analyze which level Emotional intelligence’s (EQ) dimensions have predicted classroom climate (CC) and to search a relationship between EQ and CC according to secondary school teachers' perceptions. This research in which relational screening model is used is made by quantitative research method and the data has been collected by “Bar-On EQ Scale” and “CC Scale”. Data collection tools have been conducted in 224 teachers in public secondary schools in Buca in İzmir. In data analysis, Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient and multiple regression analysis were used. According to research's results, there is positive and medium level relationship between EQ's dimensions and CC's dimensions. In addition, EQ is a significant predictor of CC's “relation” and “personal growth/goal orientation” in medium level and “system maintenance and change” in high level.

The main purpose of this study was to determine the levels of organizational cynicism and commitment of the primary and secondary school teachers, the relationship between both variables and the effect of organizational cynicism on organizational commitment. Two-scale questionnaires were used and applied to a population of 316 teachers who work in Akhisar in Manisa. According to research results: organizational cynicism’s cognitive and behavioural dimensions are medium whereas it is lower in affective dimension. Organizational commitment is medium throughout all scale and on identification and internalisation dimensions whereas it is low on adaptation dimension. In addition, there was medium-leveled negative relationship between organizational commitment and cynicism. It is also observed that cognitive and affective dimensions of organizational cynicism predict all dimensions of the organizational commitment.