TY - JOUR TI - Individual and Institutional Factors Contributing to School Dropouts AB - The purpose of this study is to examine the factors contributing to school dropouts in secondary education. Aqualitative approach has been adopted in the study and embedded case study design was used. The study groupis composed of 30 students leaving the formal secondary school and taking courses in open high school between2014-2015 educational year, in the province of Sanliurfa, Turkey. Results indicated that the individual factors forschool dropout are; physical and psychological problems, failures, changes of the teacher, negative attitudes andvalues towards the school, incompatible behaviors in the class and the school, absenteeism, school change, andlow academic achievement. The institutional factors of dropping out of school can be summarized as the familystructure, practices in the family, resources of the family, composition, structure, practices, and resources of theschools, composition of the community and friends. AU - KARACABEY, MEHMET FATİH AU - Boyaci, Adnan DO - 10.24106/kefdergi.2540 PY - 2019 JO - Kastamonu Eğitim Dergisi VL - 27 IS - 3 SN - 1300-8811 SP - 1047 EP - 1057 DB - TRDizin UR - http://search/yayin/detay/338182 ER -