Investigating classroom management profiles of pre-service teachers (Cukurova University sample)

The main purpose of this research is to detect classroom management profiles of pre-service teachers and investigate whether these profiles show significant differences in terms of some variables. Classroom Management Profile (CMP) by Santrock (1996) was used to collect data. The data was gained from 1238 pre-service teachers from different departments of Faculty of Education during 2012-2013 year. At the end of the study, it was found that pre-service teachers have high Authoritative and Laissez-faire classroom management profile. There was no significant difference among Laissez-faire, Indifferent and Authoritarian classroom management profiles, however, female preservice teachers have higher profile in Authoritative dimension. (C) 2013 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.