Investigating The Levels of Undesirable Behaviour of Children at Secondary Level

Abstract

Student’s behaviors occupy a very prominent place in the teaching learning process. The process of effective learning cannot take place in a classroom having students with undesirable behaviour. It was very necessary to control such undesirable behaviour by investigating its levels and presence. The study was aimed at investigating the levels of undesirable behaviour of children at secondary level. Objectives of the study were; (i) To explore the presence of undesirable behaviour in children at secondary level (ii) To investigate the levels of undesirable behaviour in children at secondary level. All 620 teachers of 48 schools of Workers Welfare Board School System Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were the population of the study. Two separate questionnaires were developed for collection of data from teachers. The researcher personally administered the questionnaires to the respondents. Out of 240 distributed questionnaires, 176 teachers responded. Chi-Square test was used for data analysis. Data collected through questionnaires was analyzed manually. It was overall concluded from the finding of the study that basically parents are uneducated to motivate and giving good life standard to their children. Parents didn’t attend the parent’s teachers meeting of their children at school neither they give feedback to their child’s teacher through note books and dairies. It was also concluded that parent didn’t have good communication and understating bond with their children. Furthermore, classroom strength had a very strong effect on the communication, peer co-operation and conflicts among students in the class. The study has significant importance for teachers, planners and researchers.