Students’ Discipline Problems and Classroom Management Strategies to Cope with the Problems: Teachers’ Perspective

Abstract

The main purpose of this study was to get an insight into the perceptions
of teachers about student discipline problems and classroom management
strategies adopted by them. Data were collected from 86 secondary school
teachers, teaching in various Federal Government Institutions of
Islamabad, through the administration of the researchers-made
questionnaire. Additionally, semi-structured interviews from 6
participants were also conducted to get in depth views of the teachers about
the discipline issues of students and their management strategies in the
context of classroom and school. The focus of the study was on
characteristics of students creating problems in the classroom, the most
frequently occurring and major causes of discipline problems, and
classroom management strategies used by teachers to improve discipline.
Teachers' opposed the practices of traditional punitive strategies in
classrooms; they suggested the use of soft disciplinary skills in case of
students' unwanted behaviour.