THE EXAMINATION OF THE PERCEPTIONS OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS ON SOCIAL INTEGRATION

The study was conducted to determine the secondary school students' perceptions on social integration and examine them in terms of certain variables. It was a descriptive study with survey methodology. The universe of the research consisted of the students studying at secondary schools in Mardin city center during 2016-2017 educational year. The sample included four distinctive schools and the participants were randomly selected among İmam Hatip High Schools, Anatolian High Schools, Science High Schools and Vocational and Technical High Schools. The data from 1035 students were collected from the randomly selected branches of the grade levels in the aforementioned schools. The data on the social integration levels of high school students were collected through the "Social Integration Scale". The research results indicated that the secondary school students had moderate level of perceptions with regard to social integration and the students’ levels of social integration were in direct proportion with the educational quality and academic achievement of the students