The Evaluation of Primary School Teachers about Discipline Problems, the Causes of These Problems and the Way in Which They Cope with These Problems in Classroom Management

Journal Title: International e-journal of Educational Studies - Year 2017, Vol 1, Issue 2

Abstract

In this study, the problems that primary school teachers, who are working at public primary schools in the city centre of Bingöl, encounter in class management, their reasons and the way in which they deal with these problems are evaluated. The research is a descriptive study. The universe of the research constitutes 308 class teachers working in the official primary schools in the city centre of Bingöl province, Turkey. The sample consisted of 210 classroom teachers participating in the survey. The data needed for the research gathered by applying the “Discipline Questionnaire Form” developed by the researchers. The data were analyzed by employing descriptive data analysis procedures including percentages, frequency and mean scores using the SPSS package program. According to the results the discipline problems most frequently encountered by the primary class teachers are students’ “asking for the toilet during the session”, “frequently complaining about their peers” and “frequently speaking among themselves during session”; the major causes of discipline problems are; “the negative effects of the computer games, TV series, internet and media” ; the strategies mostly adopted by class teachers to overcome the students’ misbehaviors are; “I apply eye contact with student if he/she does misbehavior”, “I try to understand the problem”.

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Cemal Aküzüm, Kemal Nazlı

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Cemal Aküzüm, Kemal Nazlı (2017). The Evaluation of Primary School Teachers about Discipline Problems, the Causes of These Problems and the Way in Which They Cope with These Problems in Classroom Management. International e-journal of Educational Studies, 1(2), 88-102. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-355968