Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of class level on PD, male adolescent rebellious behavior and academic performance in public secondary schools in Kiambu district. Methodology: The study used ex-post facto research design. Stratified sampling was used to select the participants in the study. Schools were stratified into single sex and co-education schools. Systematic sampling using the class lists was used to identify the students who constituted the sample. The research instruments were the students’ questionnaire, the deputy principal’s and the teacher counsellor’s interview guide. The sample constituted 240 male students, six deputy principles and six teacher counselors. A pilot study was done to pre-test the research instruments so as to estimate their reliability and validity. Data collected was analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). The findings were presented using descriptive and inferential statistics. Descriptive statistics included, frequency distribution, means, bar graphs, and tabulated according to the research objectives. Inferential statistics used included Chi Square and pearson correlation to test the hypotheses at 90% and 95% level of confidence; correlation coefficient was used to measure the strength of linear relationship between the variables of the study.Results: Class level was found to have no significant relationship with PD and rebellion but it had a significant relationship with academic performance.Unique contribution to theory, practice and policy: The study came up with a model that is recommended to schools for adoption by guidance and counselling teachers to help create awareness and understanding to both the students and parents with the aim of improving or bettering their relationship, academic performance and prevent rebellion in public secondary schools.

Highlights

  • Adolescence is the period between childhood and adulthood (Njenga, 2010; Lester, 1993)

  • When releasing the 2009 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education results, the Minister of Education remarked that the national ratio for boys to girls stood at 54% and 46% respectively, except in central province

  • The results revealed that, with advancement in age, academic intrinsic motivation becomes increasingly stable but the mean level of academic intrinsic motivation declines over the ages

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Introduction

Adolescence is the period between childhood and adulthood (Njenga, 2010; Lester, 1993). Physical increase in height and muscles may bring well developed physical skills that are highly valued by peers and adults as well increasing the boy’s self esteem This may leave a boy feeling awkward and uncoordinated for a time. The adolescents are able to think in a relativistic way about themselves, other individuals and their world They know they are expected to act in a particular manner because of the norms of their community and culture. As children grow into adolescents, they develop the capacity to formulate hypothetical systems (Piaget and Inhelder, 1956) They begin to generate assumptions about their own and others behaviors that will fit into these abstract formulations (Nancy, 2001; Narina, Debra, and Warren, 2007).

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