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The Impact Of Effective Classroom Management Control On The Academic Performance Of Senior Secondary School
[A CASE STUDY OF SELECTED SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN BARIGA LOCAL GOVERNMENT]
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CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND OF STUDY
To parents and
society at large, the school is being held liable for every aspect of
students’ performance. So, classroom management plays a very significant
role in students’ academic performance. Effective classroom management
put the teacher in firm control of the classroom and provide orderliness
and safety needed for instruction and learning. Yet, the various
reforms in education, like, the National Policy on Education of 1977,
revised in 1981, 1998 and 2004 in Wali (2007), failed to mention or
address classroom management and the connectivity between students’
academic performance and classroom management.
Classroom Management
is one of the neglected areas in our secondary schools, despite the fact
that the success or failure of any teaching and learning process
depends on the way classroom are managed. Failure to effectively manage
the classroom can have an overall negative influence on the entire
school, especially in terms of sound academic performance of the school.
When this happens other negative consequences follow such as the
depletion of the student population of the school because
parent/guardians prefer to enroll their children and ward in schools
that are performing well academically.
Discipline, is one of the key
variable of Classroom Management. Discipline is a function of the
interaction between teacher and student that bring about self-control
and respect for authority. (Ada, 2004). It entails creating and keeping
rules based on reciprocal understanding limits that must not be
breeched. What is common in the present time are students breeching the
limits, turning violent in classroom, and exhibiting extreme unruly
behavior. The result is a class full of arrogance and unruly student
resulting in a noisy and chaotic classroom that does not support
effective teaching and learning.
This situation agrees no-less with
the observation of Martin and Sass, (2010), that over the years,
classroom management has been observed to be issue for teachers. They
continued that students’ performance has been affected in schools where
discipline and behavior issues are not properly handled.
Marzono
(2007) also express similar worry when he said that the importance of
students feeling safe at school is linked to students’ learning. He
said, without this feeling of safety, students will develop anxiety and
become uneasy in the classroom. Safety and orderly environment protects
students from physical and psychological harm and maintained order so
learning can take place.
Another worrisome issue in the public
secondary schools is that of teacher’s quality. Nonprofessional
teachers’ are been recruited into the system. A professional teacher is
one that has passed the Teacher Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN)
professional qualifying examination.
A qualified and professional
teacher is more likely to change the life of the students by planting
the seed of aspiration, noble goals and dreams in the heart of students
and be a role model and show the way to greatness to students. A
qualified and professional teacher is more likely to resolve and prevent
conflict in the classroom, thus, bring about a better classroom
environment conducive for teaching and learning, leading to better
academic performance.
Poor classroom management may influence the
academic performance of students negatively. It is therefore important
that teachers learn to effectively manage their classrooms for a greater
output. The academic performance of students these days have given many
people serious concern. Our secondary school graduates cannot defend
their certificates. This could be as a result of indiscipline exhibited
by students in classroom such as lateness to classroom, noise making,
and so on. Hence the need for classroom management that encompasses
teachers’ efforts to oversee the activities of the classroom including
student’s behavior, interaction and learning.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]This research work has been designed to investigate the problems affecting classroom management and control and identify the solution facing the problem. This is to enable the researcher suggest measure that would solve the problem affecting classroom management and control. Chapter one, deals with the background purpose and significance of the study, in chapter two, the researcher carries out the literature review by reading book and browsing work relating to the problem of various writers and ... Continue reading---
