Undesired Behaviors Faced in Classroom by Physics Teachers in High Schools

摘要

The aim of this study is to define undesired behaviors in the classroom, to better understand the reasons of these  style="font-size:9pt">undesired behaviors, and to offer strategies to overcome these behaviors. The researchers have used a qualitative  style="font-size:9pt">research approach in this study. For this aim, the researchers have purposefully selected 12 physics teachers who  style="font-size:9pt">work in different high schools in Amasya, Turkey. Then, the researchers have carried out open-ended interviews  style="font-size:9pt">with teachers. Each interview lasted around 40 minutes, was recorded and transcribed. After analyzing the  style="font-size:9pt">collected data, the researchers have found that teachers define undesired behaviors if the behavior 1) inhibited  style="font-size:9pt">students’ learning 2) distracted the students’ attention 3) destroyed the students’ motivation and 4) reduced  style="font-size:9pt">students’ desire to study. Furthermore, teachers have declared that because of following reasons, students  style="font-size:9pt">demonstrate the undesirable behaviors. These are; lack of motivation, hopelessness to learn, hopelessness to be  style="font-size:9pt">successful, lack of ready for topic, and prejudice to physics. Teachers have also mentioned that there might be  style="font-size:9pt">some strategies to overcome the undesired behaviors in the classroom. These are; planned ignoring, signal  style="font-size:9pt">interference, proximity control, using humor to defuse tension, removing distracting objects, changing student  style="font-size:9pt">places, and time out. The findings of this study show that there exist undesirable behaviors in physics classes.  style="font-size:9pt">Unless these determined behaviors have been removed, teaching and motivating of students will be more  style="font-size:9pt">difficult for physics teachers and it negatively affects students’ learning and academic success. In this regard, the  style="font-size:9pt">researchers have following recommendations: 1) classroom management lessons at the pre-service education  style="font-size:9pt">level should be taught more efficiently 2) some professional development activities regarding classroom  style="font-size:9pt">management should be offered for physics teachers 3) physics teachers should be encouraged to collaborate with  style="font-size:9pt">psychologists, counselors, and guidance specialists to overcome and address undesirable behaviors in classroom  style="font-size:9pt">4) school administration should engage parents and collaborate with them by organizing periodical meetings and  style="font-size:9pt">5) school administration should arrange some social activities for students in school such as basketball  style="font-size:9pt">tournament, soccer tournament, theatre, and etc.