INVESTIGATING THE COPING STRATEGIES EMPLOYED BY SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS TO MANAGE AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR AMONG STUDENTS IN LAHORE

Abstract

            In all educational institution the disciplinary incidents in students that take place a major role in the classroom. The main aim of this study was to assess the effect of secondary school teachers of classroom management skills on discipline behaviour of the  students.  The objective of this study was to identify the various classroom coping strategies used by the teachers and explore the relationship of student’s aggressive behaviour with teachers coping strategies. The descriptive survey research design was used by the researcher.  The questionnaire was designed after conducting pilot study in consultation with the supervisor and educational expert.  The sample of 300 students and 50 teachers (females) was selected through the procedure of convenient sampling technique.  The data was statistically analysed by applying Pearson to find out the various teaching strategies that used in the classroom.  Moreover frequency, percentage, standard deviation and mean were also calculated. Results showed that a significant relation between the disciplinary behaviour of the students and teachers coping strategies was observed.  It was seen that there is a positive relationship between both student’s behaviour and teachers coping strategies at secondary level. This study is significant in that presents the student’s behaviour in the classroom while learning the subject and teachers used some coping strategies to deliver the lecture.  The student’s behaviour  in  the  classroom  can  also  affect  the  teaching  learning strategies. Students should be in disciplinary behaviour and behave well and teachers use some strategies to involve the students in class.