Perceptions of Grade 11 Students of Saguday National High School on Teachers' Strategies in Disciplining Students

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Teachers play a vital role in shaping the lives of the students. They are to mold the behavior of every student for them to be responsible, productive, empowered, and successful individuals. The researcher aimed to determine the satisfaction of students to the strategies of teachers in disciplining students.

METHODS

The descriptive quantitative research design was used. Using Slovin's formula and convenience sampling technique, 140 Grade 11 students served as the respondents. To determine the perceived leadership strategies mostly exercised by the teachers in enhancing the discipline of the students, frequency and percent were used. To determine the satisfaction level of the respondents to the leadership of the teachers, mean was also computed.

RESULTS

The perceived leadership strategies that the teachers mostly exercise or employ in enhancing the discipline of the students is giving of consequences wherein 67% of the respondents answered 'yes' while checking of attendance got the lowest answer of 'yes' which is 56%. The students were satisfied with the leadership of the teachers with the overall mean of 2.31, wherein, positive approach to the students' behavior got the highest mean of 2.42 which described as 'very satisfied', while the strategy which has the lowest mean is the giving of consequences with the mean of 2.17 described as 'satisfied'.

DISCUSSIONS

The results demonstrate the need for the school administrators and personnel to guide teachers in problem-solving using positive discipline. Teachers are to provide opportunities to fix students' mistakes in a way that helps them to learn. Students are to avoid making excessive and disruptive noise, with or without the teacher. Parents are to attend forums or meetings in the school to update themselves about their children's performance in the school.