What happens in the classroom? Two perceptions of pupils' misbehaviour at school Cover Image

Čo sa deje v školskej triede? Dva pohľady na nevhodné správanie detí v škole
What happens in the classroom? Two perceptions of pupils' misbehaviour at school

Author(s): Lenka Sokolová, Miroslava Lemešová, Silvia Harvanová
Subject(s): School education, Educational Psychology, Social psychology and group interaction
Published by: Slovenská pedagogická spoločnosť pri SAV
Keywords: classroom; misbehaviour; teachers; student teachers; video record analysis;

Summary/Abstract: Classroom management and the dealing with discipline and misbehaviour are important teacher's skills. On the other hand, challenging situations in the classroom are frequent source of teachers' stress and professional dissatisfaction, especially at the transition into practice and during the first years of teaching. The aim of this study is a) to analyse student teachers' and teachers' (N = 629) perceptions of 46 types of classroom behaviour as a source of teacher's stress, and b) to analyse video records of lessons from common elementary schools in Slovakia (9 lessons recorded in 2 schools) to identify the occurrence of misbehaviour. The analyses revealed that there are significant differences in the perception of misbehaviour across career cycle and that about 33% of the types of misbehaviour (15 types out of 46) can be identified within the recorded lessons. Based on the results, further research objectives and the suggestions for teacher training are discussed.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 47-64
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Slovak