Teachers’ Perception Of Some Techniques Of Handling Students’ Disciplinary Problems

Significance of the Study 

The issue of disciplinary problems in secondary schools is very important. This is because of its effects on the teaching, learning process in school. The study is therefore important to teachers, students, parents, administrators and government. To the teachers, the outcome of the study may expose them to techniques employed by other teachers in handling such problems. This may help them in their use of problem solving techniques classroom. 

The study may also be beneficial to students whose counterparts involve themselves in problems. This may help them to know the dangers inherent in such act and thereby avoiding such deviant behaviours. 

Government could also derive benefit by filling the gaps revealed by the outcome of this study. They may also call all those concerned to order so that suggested solutions may be realized. Finally, the information from the study may be useful to scholars, researchers and counsellors, individual which they use to help people to solve such problems.

Delimitation and Scope of the Study

This study investigates the teachers’ perceptions of strategies for handling disciplinary problems in schools in Ilorin Metropolis. Samples who participated in the study were the randomly selected teachers in the secondary school in Ilorin on basis of sex, teaching experience, educational qualification and the school locations. 

It is however, limited to the only samples who responded to the questionnaire. The study is also limited the only strategies mentioned and responses analysed and interpreted for this study. 

Definition of Terms

The following terms are defined as used in this study:-

Behaviours Modification: An act of correcting an abnormal attitude among the students. 

Deviant Behaviour: Behaviours which conflict with standards or culturally acceptability. 

Disciplinary: They act connected with the punishment of students who break school rules and regulations. 

Discipline: It is about helping others to learn to control themselves. It displays creativity, commitment and time. It is about parents, teachers, careers and community working as partners. 

Maladaptive Behaviours: Inappropriate, undesirable, or maladjusted attitude which is detrimental to the person’s existence and those in his environment. 

Modeling: An initiative, observational learning or social learning.

Punishment: Is used to eliminate inappropriate or undersirable behaviours. 

Techniques: Methods involved in curbing disciplinary problems in secondary schools.