School Management Mechanisms and Control of Discipline among Pupils in Primary Schools: An Analysis of Discipline in Upper Primary Level
Loading...
Date
2020
Authors
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Anatolian Journal of Education
Abstract
The aim of the study was to analyse the effect of school management mechanisms on the
discipline of pupils in upper basic primary level. This study examined the effect of; (a) guidance
and counselling on the discipline of pupils, (b) school-rules and regulations on the discipline of
pupils, and (c) school-family initiative program on the discipline of pupils in upper primary basic
level. A cross sectional survey design using both quantitative and qualitative approaches was
adopted to obtain data from a sample of 291 participants from 11 primary schools. Both the
Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) and thematic content analysis for quantitative and
qualitative data analysis respectively, were used. The effect results highlighted by the multiple
regression for guidance and counselling and discipline were; r = 0.628; p-value, 0.003 < 0.05;
95%, school rules and regulations and discipline were; r = 0.671; p-value, 0.009 < 0.05; 95%,
and school-family initiative and discipline were; r = 0.601; p-value, 0.004 < 0.05; 95%. It was
concluded that guidance and counselling, school rules and regulation, and school-family initiative
were significant predictors of pupils’ discipline in upper primary basic level. It is recommended
that school management should be committed in executing school management mechanisms in
their hierarchy of importance to effectively implement discipline in upper primary basic level.
Description
Keywords
School management mechanisms, Discipline, Upper primary basic level, Control of discipline, Primary school, Analysis of discipline
Citation
Musa, M., & Martha, A. A. (2020). School Management Mechanisms and Control of Discipline among Pupils in Primary Schools: An Analysis of Discipline in Upper Primary Level. Anatolian Journal of Education, 5(1), 1- 16. https://doi.org/10.29333/aje.2020.511a