摘要：In this study, it has been aimed to research whether the communication and interpersonal problem solving
skills of classroom teachers who work in the first level of primary schools are significantly different or not depending upon
the variables of gender; age; professional length of service, the school that they graduated from; the socio-economic level of
the environment of the school that they work at; classroom level that they work for and if there is a significant relationship
between their communication and interpersonal problem solving skills. The scope of the study consists of total 702 teachers
that work as a classroom teacher in the first level of primary schools in the central towns of Adana province which are
Seyhan, Yüreğir, Çukurova and Sarıçam. “Teacher Communication Skills Scale” was used to measure the teachers’
communication skills, “Interpersonal Problem Solving Inventory” was used to measure the interpersonal problem solving
skills and ‘Personal Information Form’ which was prepared by the researcher was used to define the personal
characteristics. As a result of the study, it has been found out that there is a difference between the teachers’ communication
and interpersonal problem solving skills and the variables of gender, age, professional length of service, the school that they
graduated from and the socio-economic level of the school that they work for. We found no difference between
communication and interpersonal problem solving skills according to the classroom level that they teach. At the end of the
research, it has been found out that there is a significant relationship between the communication and interpersonal problem
solving skills of the teachers
关键词：Key words: Communication skills, interpersonal problem solving skills, classroom teacher.
