Classroom Management Practices in the Secondary Schools – Teachers‟ Perspectives from Kalutara Educational Zone in Sri Lanka

Abstract

Classroom management has been considered as one of the important areas in teaching-learning process. It is associated with managing students' behaviors in the classroom, which is one of the most contributing and challenging issues in teaching career. This study aimed to investigate the classroom management practices of secondary teachers in the Kalutara educational zone. A survey research design was employed to determine teachers' perspectives towards classroom management practices of secondary schools. A total of 40 teachers selected from three schools which were consisted of 1AB boys, 1AB girls and C mixed schools. Data collected by using a questionnaire and collected data mostly analyzed using frequency and the percentage methods. The findings indicated that, the teachers, agreed that the classroom management was an essential part of teaching. Many of them agreed that it was an essential part of teaching while some teachers considered it to be even more important than teaching. They were of the opinion that the lesson would not be successful if there is no planned classroom management. But it is noteworthy that most of the teachers were unaware of the term "classroom management". Therefore, it is recommended that classroom management training should be given more prominence in the training programmes at school level.