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Perception Of Teachers On The Causes Of Indiscipline Among Post-primary School Students
[A CASE STUDY OF KABBA/BUNU LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF KOGI STATE]
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Concept of Indiscipline
An absence of the basic too called ‘discipline’ in any organization is the presence of deviant behaviour which may hinder a school or an organization from achieving its targeted objectives or goals. Indiscipline connotes the violations of school rules and regulations capable of obstructing the smooth and orderly functioning of the school system. (Adeyemo, 1985).
Okoye (1986) opined that behaviours that run counter to the values and expectations of the society and order of a community can be referred to as a deviant behaviour. Adesina (1980) opined that with special reference to the school system, we speak of discipline when students are taught to respect school authorities, to observe school rules and regulations and to maintain an established standard of behaviour. Consequently, lack of discipline relates to misbehaviours in the school setting or any area.
Indiscipline among secondary school students can be manifested in several undersirable ways.
Oyesola (2000) identified nine categories of indiscipline in school and they are:
(a) Stealing
(b) Dishonesty
(c) Sex offences
(d) Disobedience (to school authority)
(e) Truancy
(f) Assault and insult
(g) Drug offences
(h) Strike and mass demonstration
Nwana (1971) also grouped indiscipline into 3 categories;
(a) Academic indiscipline: This include examination malpractices, forgery, rudness e.t.c.
(b) Social Indisicpline such as tapping, robbery, cultism, arson, vandalization e.t.c.
(c) Behavioural disorder such as truancy, hatred, aggression e.t.c.
Also, Adeisna (1980) identified four types of indiscipline. These are:
(a) Disrepect of school authorities
(b) Collective misbehaviour of student
(c) Habits of individual
(d) Disregard for school rules and regulation.
A comprehensive research was conducted by Alhassan (1999), he described a list of behavioural disorder identified by the teachers in schools. These includes stealing, examination malpractice, disobedience in attention, aggression, forgetting, impoliteness, arrogance, anger, carelessness, shyness, verbal abuse, withdrawal, self failure, introvertism, extrovertism, unseriousness, eating in the classroom, sleeping in the classroom, hindering other children (hoc), non completion of home work, playfulness in the classroom, noise making, untidiness, restlessness, walking about in the classroom, climbing of furniture, damage of class furniture, writing on the wall, writing on the furniture, spitting on the floor or at other students, mimicking other pupils, failure to loving correct book, failure to do home work, shouting at teachers, verbally threatening the teacher rejecting to sit (together) with opposite sex, nail bitting, quarrels, disregard for right of other children, hyperactivity, distracting conversations e.t.c.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]ABSTRACT Indiscipline has become a cancer eating deeply the educational sector. It connotes the violations of school rules and regulations capable of obstructing the smooth and orderly functioning of the school system. Indiscipline has become a social menace which has caused several scholars or educationist unrest and sleepless nights. Therefore, this study investigated the perception of teachers on the causes of indiscipline among post-primary school students. Simple random samplin ... Continue reading---
QUESTIONNAIRE - [ Total Page(s): 3 ]APPENDIXUNIVERSITY OF ILORIN INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION CAUSES AND CONEQUENCES OF INDISCIPLINE QUESTIONNAIRE (CCIQ) Dear Respondent, This questionnaire is designed to elicit your view on the causes and consequences of indiscipline in secondary schools. It is purely for research purposes. Kindly respond according to the instruction given. You are assured of adequate confidentiality. You do not need to write your name. Section A: Personal information please tick (√) or fill as applicable. ... Continue reading---
LIST OF TABLES - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]LIST OF TABLESTable 1: Distribution of Respondents based on Gender Table 2: Distribution of Respondents based on Religion Table 3: Distribution of Respondents based on Experiences Table 4: The Causes of Indiscipline in Post Primary schools as expressed by teachers Table 5: The Consequences of Indiscipline in post-primary schools as expressed by Teachers Table 6: Difference on the causes of Indiscipline among Post Primary Students as Expressed by tea ... Continue reading---
TABLE OF CONTENTS - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]TABLE OF CONTENTSTitle Page Approval Dedication Acknowledgement Abstract Table of Contents List of Tables CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background to the Study Purpose of the Study Research Questions Research Hypothesis Scope and Delimitation of the Study Operational Definition of Terms Significance of the study CHAPTER TWO REVIEW OF THE RELATED LITERATURE Introduction Concept of Education Concept of Adolescence Concept of Indiscipline Causes of Ind ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 3 ]Purpose of the Study The purpose of this study is to find out the perception of teachers on causes of indiscipline among post-primary school students in Kabba/Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi State. The researcher tends to investigate and solicits the teachers opinion on the causes of indiscipline among post-primary school students. It also looked into the extent to which indiscipline ahs affected post-primary schools in Kabba/Bunu Local Government Area and profer possible soluti ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER THREE - [ Total Page(s): 2 ]CHAPTER THREERESEARCH METHODOLOGY Introduction This chapter presents the methodology used in carrying out this study. The chapter comprise of the research design, population sample and sampling technique, instrumentation, procedure for data collection and data analysis techniques. Research Design The research design adopted in this study was descriptive survey. Abdullahi (1995) stated that descriptive survey involves direct contact with a sample that has characteristics, personalit ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER FOUR - [ Total Page(s): 10 ]Research Questions In this study, eight (8) research questions are raised. Two (2) of them are without research hypotheses and are answered in this section while the remaining six (6) are with research hypotheses and are therefore tested under the research hypotheses testing, using the t-statistics test and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). Research Question 1: What are the causes of indiscipline in post primary schools as expressed by teachers? ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER FIVE - [ Total Page(s): 3 ]The consequences of indiscipline in post-primary schools include: poor academic performance which is item 1 and it is ranked 10th and involvement in examination malpractice which is item 8 and ranked 3rd. a student involved in an act of indiscipline such as truancy may definitely be involved in examination malpractice or may lead to poor academic performance if he/she doesn’t want to cheat. This is supported by Adeyinka (1997) cited by Ogunyemi Odu (2001) who declared that poor academic p ... Continue reading---
REFRENCES - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]REFERENCESAdegoke, A.A. (2003). Adolescents in Africa: Revealing the Problems of Teenagers in a Contemporary African Society. Ibadan: Hadassah Publishing Company Ltd. Akinwumi (2001) Discipline in Schools; University press, Ibadan. Alhassan, A.B. (1991). Teachers’ List of and Reactions to Problem Behaviours: A preliminary Report. The Nigerian Teachers Today 7, (1) 93 – 94. Andi, Wright (2001) Youth Violence: Cambridge University Press. Awoniyi, T.A, (1985). Child study in education ... Continue reading---
