Disciplinary approaches for learners at schools in Umkhanyakude district

What educators do or can do to handle certain occurring misbehaviour in the classroom was the main subject of this study. The aim of this study was to explore or investigate the disciplinary measures the ‘Intermediate, Senior and Further Education and Training Phase’ educators in UMkhanyakude district were making use of to handle undesirable behaviour with the purpose of discovering alternative disciplinary measures that would be consistent, possible to implement and effective in dealing with different learners within the classrooms without inflicting any physical, emotional and psychological pain. A questionnaire which had closed-ended and open-ended questions was developed and distributed among 54 educators (52 educators responded) who were located around Mtubatuba Town, KwaMsane Township and UMpukunyoni Area. With the same questionnaire, out of 9 members of the School Management Team located in selected places, 6 were interviewed. Data was quantitatively and qualitatively analysed. Quantitative data was coded and entered into SPSS. This study examined the research findings on the application and the frequency of certain methods of handling misbehaviour; actions taken when a certain misbehaviour occurs and the effectiveness of those actions. Significant themes that emerged from actions taken by participants when learners misbehaves and participants’ recommendations on what they consider preferable were identified for qualitative analysis. The study findings revealed that participants did make use of certain methods with the intention of either inflicting physical, emotional or psychological pain so that the misbehaviour can be stopped. The findings revealed that the methods that were implemented caused some discomfort, most of them did not permanently stopped misbehaviour. The study recommends that parental involvement and code of conduct be made use of to handle misbehaviour. The participants did not reveal any discomfort brought by the implementation of parental involvement and code of conduct.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

University of Zululand

Year dc:date.issued

2015

Author dc:creator

• Mathaba, Kwanele Nomasonto

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Nzima, D.R.

• discipline --punishment --misbehaviour

Licence

• https://devspace.unizulu.ac.za/bitstreams/4328b4b5-e3a8-439a-9a9a-ba4f2ac74d59/download