Misbehavior of Pedagogical Students in Classroom: A Case Study of Can Tho University in Viet Nam

Luong Tran

doi:10.13189/ujer.2020.080704

Abstract

Misbehavior is one of the components related to students' personalities. The previous studies have confirmed that misbehaviors of students in the classroom affect negatively in teaching and learning process and personalities of pedagogical students. The level of misbehaviors of pedagogical students in the classroom at Can Tho University in Vietnam has not been insufficiently researched to remedy this situation. This study was conducted to seek to answer the question: is the occurrence of misbehaviors among students in Can Tho University, Viet Nam related to their gender, majors and school year? The questionnaires designed were delivered to 232 pedagogical students in Can Tho University, Viet Nam. The SPSS for Windows was used to code via, and analyze the data collected by Percent, Frequencies, Mean, Std. Deviation T-Test, and Spearman Correlation. The results of this study showed that pedagogical students had various kinds of misbehaviors conducted in the classroom. There were no correlations and significant differences between mean scores of misbehaviors of pedagogical students regarding gender and school year. Otherwise, correlations and significant differences between mean scores of misbehaviors of pedagogical students regarding majors were found. These findings help to put forward a suggestion that those who work in training and education need to pay attention to the characteristics of students' majors in the process of adjusting misbehaviors for students.

Highlights

No single definition exists for student misbehavior, the term is conceptualized consistently as behaviors that disrupt the teaching–learning process or interfere with the orderly operation of the classroom
In terms of percentage, it is obvious that there is a certain percentage of pedagogical students who sometimes or often or always express misbehaviors in the classroom
The findings of the study indicate that pedagogical students have a variety of misbehaviors in the classroom including talking privately, making noise in the classroom; Working separately, not paying attention to lessons in the classroom; Putting rubbish indiscriminately in the classroom; Plagiarism; Being late for school; Not following the request of the teacher in the classroom; Falling asleep in the classroom

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Introduction

No single definition exists for student misbehavior, the term is conceptualized consistently as behaviors that disrupt the teaching–learning process or interfere with the orderly operation of the classroom Misbehaviors (problem behaviors) are behaviors involving rule-breaking, violating the implicit norms or expectations, being inappropriate in the classroom settings and upsetting teaching and learning (Rachel C.F.Sun & Daniel T.L.Shek, 2012), unruly behavior which upsets classroom order and hampers teaching and learning (Houghton F, Wheldall K& Merrett F, 1998; Little E, 2005; Thompson B, 2009), any behavior that undermines the teacher’s ability to establish and maintain effective learning experience in the classroom from simple non-compliance (e.g., not paying attention) to overt disruptive behavior (e.g., throwing a missile across the room and serious misbehavior such as direct disobedience, physical aggression or damage (Kyriacou 1997).

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