Disciplinary approaches for learners at schools in Umkhanyakude district
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2015
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University of Zululand
Abstract
What educators do or can do to handle certain occurring misbehaviour in the
classroom was the main subject of this study. The aim of this study was to explore or
investigate the disciplinary measures the ‘Intermediate, Senior and Further Education
and Training Phase’ educators in UMkhanyakude district were making use of to handle
undesirable behaviour with the purpose of discovering alternative disciplinary
measures that would be consistent, possible to implement and effective in dealing with
different learners within the classrooms without inflicting any physical, emotional and
psychological pain. A questionnaire which had closed-ended and open-ended
questions was developed and distributed among 54 educators (52 educators
responded) who were located around Mtubatuba Town, KwaMsane Township and
UMpukunyoni Area. With the same questionnaire, out of 9 members of the School
Management Team located in selected places, 6 were interviewed. Data was
quantitatively and qualitatively analysed. Quantitative data was coded and entered into
SPSS. This study examined the research findings on the application and the frequency
of certain methods of handling misbehaviour; actions taken when a certain
misbehaviour occurs and the effectiveness of those actions. Significant themes that
emerged from actions taken by participants when learners misbehaves and
participants’ recommendations on what they consider preferable were identified for
qualitative analysis. The study findings revealed that participants did make use of
certain methods with the intention of either inflicting physical, emotional or
psychological pain so that the misbehaviour can be stopped. The findings revealed
that the methods that were implemented caused some discomfort, most of them did
not permanently stopped misbehaviour. The study recommends that parental
involvement and code of conduct be made use of to handle misbehaviour. The
participants did not reveal any discomfort brought by the implementation of parental involvement and code of conduct.
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A dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Education in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Education (Educational Psychology) in the Department of Educational Psychology and Special Needs Education at the University Of Zululand, South Africa, 2015
Keywords
discipline --punishment --misbehaviour