A Study of Secondary School Science Teacher’s Classroom Management Skills at District Bagh, AJK

Abstract

Aim of the Study: Classroom management skills help teachers to create an organized classroom environment that's conducive to teaching. A teacher with strong classroom management skills creates consistency for his students, moves the class forward, stops disruptions from occurring and controls the learning. This is more important in a science class room because science as a discipline of study starts from secondary level and demands best management at initial stage. It is a known fact that the quality of science education is hidden in best management of science class rooms; therefore, it created a thirst in the mind of researcher to explore Secondary School Science Teacher’s Classroom Management Skills to ensure quality science education at secondary level. The objectives of the study were to investigate secondary school science teachers’ concepts, awareness, current practices, difficulties, and training needs with respect to classroom management skills.

Methodology: It is a survey study in which questionnaires as instrument was used. Data was collected through postal mail and personal visits of the sample schools. Descriptive and inferential statistics i.e. chi-square and t-test were applied for data analysis, and testing of hypothesis on maximum levels of significance.

Findings: It indicated that science teachers effectively used conceptual skills, human skills and technical skills in classroom.

Conclusion: It has been concluded from this study that more or less all those secondary schools which have been selected as sample have deficiency of buildings, teaching aids, and basic facilities. Moreover, secondary school’s science teachers are though proficient in many areas of classroom management skills (CMS), however they need to have clarity of concepts and understanding in some specific areas of classroom management skills (CMS).