The Effect of Classroom Management Skills of Elementary School Teachers on Undesirable Discipline Behaviour of Students


KAYIKÇI K.

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, vol.1, no.1, pp.0-1225, 2009 (Scopus)

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 1 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2009
  • Journal Name: Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Journal Indexes: Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.0-1225
  • Akdeniz University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Abstract

A majority of disciplinary incidents that take place in the classroom originate from the insufficiency of teachers’ classroom

management skills. The aim of this study is to assess the effect of elementary school teachers’ classroom management skills on

the discipline behaviour of students.

The research was conducted as a survey with 450 teachers commissioned in the city of Antalya. Data were analysed employing ttest

with regards to the significance of regression coefficients. A significant relation between the dimensions regarding classroom

management skills of the teachers and disciplinary behaviour of the students was observed. It was seen that there was a positive

relation between all the dimensions of students’ disciplinary behaviour and teachers’ first, second, third, fourth and sixth

dimensions regarding classroom management; and a negative one with the fifth dimension. It is observed that the dimensions

regarding teachers’ classroom management skills are important predictors in students’ disciplinary behaviour.

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Keywords: Classroom management; disciplinary behaviour; class rules; class order; motivation; misbehaviour.