Teachers Procedures Related to Students Misbehaviour in the Physical Education Lesson
Keywords:
misbehaviour, teachers, students, physical educationAbstract
Introduction
Misbehaviour in schools and in the classroom is
considered to be a serious problem to all those interested in the
problematic of teaching. Teachers tend to attribute the cause
for misbehaviour, more to external factors (students personal
characteristics, rudeness and parent alienation, problematic
family environment), than to internal ones.
Material and Methods
The study involved 12 PE teachers, divided into 3
different groups, and 1050 students of 48 classes in the 6th,
7th and 8th grades. Data was collected using an observation
system of students misbehaviour [1], and the Physical
Education Pupil Control Inventory (PEPCI) [2]. Finally, all
the data was analyzed using descriptive and GLM Repeated
Measures statistics.
Conclusions
The present study reiterates, with some differences
in emphasis, the conclusions from previous studies about the
expression of misbehaviour and teachers control measures in
PE in Portuguese schools. Misbehaviour in PE is very
frequent, mainly related to students, activity. In order to
prevent or change misbehaviour, teachers use mainly tutorial
or anticipatory strategies through verbal interventions. The
incidence of misbehaviour is more frequent at the beginning of
the year. The frequency of disruptive behaviours of the
students and of teacher control showed a pronounced intraindividual variation from class to class. The teacherexperience did not emerge as an indicator of the incidence of misbehaviour, nor of control response.
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