A study of pupil's indiscipline faced by primary school teachers in a Nairobi slum area: the case of Mathare primary schools
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Date
1992
Authors
Rwamba, Ireri Esther
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Abstract
The main purpose of this project is to investigate
indiscipline related problems faced by primary
school teachers in Mathare Slum area, their causes,
methods of dealing with the problems and whether
the teachers face any constraints in their efforts
to maintain discipline in the school.
f Special focus is given to the Headteacher,
since he is the overall. adminsitrator, who supports
and encourages good school discipline, conducive to
effective teaching and learning.
The study was done in (10) ten primary schools
of Mathare Division in Nairobi District. It involved
fourty (40) teachers and ten (10) Headteachers.
The tool used was questionnaire for the Headteachers
and for the teachers. The questionnaires were
given and collected personally by the researcher.
The findings arrived at after conducting the
study are given below:
1. The teachers (respondents) considered behaviour
problems that directly affected academic
perfomance as more serious, than those
affecting character. Most common problems
were absenteeism, lateness and poor academic
performance.
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2. Family background of the pupils was seen as
the major cause of indiscipline in Mathare
slum s~hools. Such indiscipline problems were
attributed to lack of ~acilties and poverty
of the parents who leave children unattended
to go to work very early and come home late.
3. To maintain discipline, the respondents used
preventive methods more than punitive methods.
These included use of rewards, praise and
~peical favours to the child which helped
in behaviour moditication.
4. The Headteachers realised their important role
in matters of discipline and did all they could
to help the teachers in this difficult task.
Most of the headt~achers only helped where
indiscipline was beyond the teachers jurf~diction
like when caning or calling the child's parents
to school.
5. Teachers face many constraints, the greatest
be~g home background of the pupils and the
immediate environment. Mathare was seen as
a bad environment for pupils discipline in
the schools due to influence related incidents
and exposure to some behaviour not conducive
to school work.
Description
Master of Education (pte) 90p. 1992