TEACHERS PERCEPTION OF PUNISHMENT AS CONTROL METHODS FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENT IN OREDO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EDO STATE

Ehiaghe Fa

doi:10.24297/jssr.v3i2.3110

Abstract

 This study examines teachers perception of punishment as control methods for secondary school students in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State the rate of indiscipline amongst students in our secondary schools has assumed an alarming magnitude which has occasioned or elicited various control methods as perceived by teachers. The research design adopted was descriptive. The finding of the study revealed that, there is no significant difference between the professional training of a teacher in the perception on the enforcement of punishment by the teacher due to sex. Data was analyzed using descriptive, frequency count and t-test of mean difference statistics with SPSS. The study recommends that opportunities should be made available for both serving teachers and principals to attend in service training programmes, seminars and workshops on the control of students behaviour and punishment. At every level in the course of training a teacher should have some aspects of the legal implication of teachers actions and behaviour should be taught in order to minimize the rate of litigation by parents and students against school authorities.

Highlights

School discipline is defined as school policies and action taken by school personnel to prevent students from unwanted behaviors, primarily focusing on school code of conduct, suspension from school, corporate punishment and teacher’s methods of managing students’ actions in class [1]
This study examines teachers’ perception of punishment as control methods for secondary school students in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State the rate of indiscipline amongst students in our secondary schools has assumed an alarming magnitude which has occasioned or elicited various control methods as perceived by teachers
The finding of the study revealed that, there is no significant difference between the professional training of a teacher in the perception on the enforcement of punishment by the teacher due to sex

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Introduction

School discipline is defined as school policies and action taken by school personnel to prevent students from unwanted behaviors, primarily focusing on school code of conduct, suspension from school, corporate punishment and teacher’s methods of managing students’ actions in class [1]. Corporal punishment refers to intentional application of physical pain as a method of changing behaviour It includes a wide variety of methods such as hitting, slapping, punching, kicking, pinching, shaking, choking, use of various objects (Wooden, paddles, belts, electric, pins), painful body postures, use of electric shock, and use of excessive exercise drill or prevention of urine or stool elimination. When a child is in school, the teacher is expected to act as a substitute parent, with many forms of parental discipline or rewards open to them. This often meant that students were commonly chastised with the birch, cane, paddle or yardstick if they did something wrong. The incidence of indiscipline in secondary school has assumed unimaginable proportion without any conscious effort of the government to meet up to the challenge at hand

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