Opinions of special education teachers on mobbing

Erkan Efilti and Beyhan Nazlı Koçbeker Eid

African Educational Research Journal
Published: October 26 2020
Volume 8, Special Issue 2
Pages S170-S179
DOI: https://doi.org/10.30918/AERJ.8S2.20.045

Abstract

Mobbing is a recurring form of mistreatment of workers at work. The purpose of the study is to examine in detail the views of special education teachers on mobbing. The qualitative case study approach was used in the research to collect in-depth information from special education teachers on mobbing. The research data were collected from the special education teachers' opinions on mobbing survey, which was created using Google Documents. One hundred (100) special education teachers working in the field of special education participated in the study. The findings of the study were analyzed by two academicians who are professionals in the field, using the descriptive analysis method. The study found that special education teachers were highly subjected to mobbing by administrators, experienced high rates of mobbing, and emotions, such as anger, stress, and sadness after mobbing, and were mainly subjected to professional and verbal mobbing. It was concluded that special education teachers used techniques such as compliance, indifference and exercise of their legal rights against mobbing.

Keywords: Mobbing, special education, special education teacher, qualitative research.

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