Abstract
Action research is an effective plan for the professional development of teachers. It helps practitioners’ to improve their teaching skills. This research paper examines the strategies used by the researcher to maintain discipline in classroom through action research. The paper determines whether punishment and de-motivation are better reinforcing tool to maintain discipline and whether there is a relation between punishment and de-motivation with learners’ behavior. The teacher identified the areas of improvement in maintaining classroom discipline. For this particular research, Individual Action Research Plan was adopted. A professional plan was developed and implemented using Skinnerian model of discipline (1930-1955) to maintain discipline in classroom through positive reinforcement instead of punishment. The sampling consisted of 60 students (30 males and 30 females) of grade 9-10. The data was collected through personal observations, reflective diary and audio recordings. The study concludes that there is a definite relationship between punishment and de-motivation with learners’ behavior. The students were more relaxed when the positive reinforcement was adopted and when the routine plan was made keeping in mind the interest of the students. They were more engaged in class when the punishment and demotivation were avoided. Positive reinforcement, substituting punishment and implementing students’ opinion helped a lot in maintaining discipline and in improving learners’ behavior. The action research helped the researcher to maintain classroom management through effective discipline practices.
Munir Moosa Sadruddin . (2010) Discipline – Improving Classroom Management through Action Research: A Professional Development Plan , Journal of Managerial Sciences, Volume 6, Issue 1.
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