Factors Responsible for Discipline at Ofafa Jericho High School, Nairobi

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dc.contributor.authorSodida, Vitalis Anthony
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-06T08:46:22Z
dc.date.available2018-11-06T08:46:22Z
dc.date.issued2005-05
dc.description.abstractThe goal of every school should be the creation of a discipline culture where teaching and learning are possible without any kind of fear. It is for this reason that an investigation of the Factors Responsible for Discipline at Ofafa Jericho High School Nairobi was carried out, with the intention that the outcome of the investigation would help the school to strengthen and improve the discipline of the school and that others schools may find the findings helpful in strengthening and improving their own discipline cultures. Questions that guided the investigation are as follows: What structures put in place are responsible for discipline in Ofafa Jericho High School Nairobi? What are the attitudes and perceptions of students and teachers toward discipline? A survey research design was applied in this investigation. The investigation targeted students from form two, three and four, teachers, the Principal and the Deputy Principal. Students and teachers were randomly sampled while the Principal and the Deputy Principal were purposively sampled. Questionnaires and interview guides were used for the collection of data. The study found a number of factors responsible for the discipline culture of Ofafa Jericho High School. Some of the factors include: self-discipline in students, teachers and administrators, Principal and teachers' professionalism and competence, guidance and counseling service, teacher-student rapport, and appropriate family upbringing, among others. It was found that the attitudes and perception of students and teachers towards discipline was positive. The administrators, teachers and students see discipline as an important component of any society or organization that strives for success and fraternal living. The study found corporal punishment in school a disturbing issue with respondents calling for its abolition. There were fewer students' involved in drawing up discipline policies and selecting of prefects. There was also some lack of cooperation from parents on discipline issues, among other findings. The research findings suggest that the school should involve students in discussion about drawing up discipline policies and selecting of prefects if ills to improve and strengthen the existing disciplined culture. Parents should take an active part in the smooth running of the school, and teachers and the administrators should display more their competence and professionalism in classroom management and the general management of the school. Guidance and counseling should be strengthened and school rules revised as frequently as possible. The overall concern of the school should be individual students because without them there would be no schools. The concern should manifest itself in a number of ways such as involving students in decision-making, and the setting of the school goals. In so doing, students will have a sense of ownership of the school and strive to make the school discipline better. There should be forums where students are given the opportunity to air their views freely and without fear or intimidation. There should also be forums where administrators, teachers, students and parents come together to discussion issues that will improve and strengthen the culture of discipline in the school.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12342/358
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherTangaza University College/Saint Mary university of Minnesota(Nairobi Campus)en_US
dc.subjectdisciplesen_US
dc.subjectCauses of Indisciplineen_US
dc.subjectAdministration and Disciplineen_US
dc.subjectGuidance, Counselling and Disciplineen_US
dc.subjectCorporal Punishment and Disciplineen_US
dc.subjectRewards as a Means of Fostering Disciplineen_US
dc.subjectRole of Student Leaders in School Disciplineen_US
dc.subjectTeachers and Disciplineen_US
dc.subjectThe Role of Parents in Disciplineen_US
dc.titleFactors Responsible for Discipline at Ofafa Jericho High School, Nairobien_US
dc.typeOtheren_US
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