Abstract
Role of effective classroom management strategies have been a topic of discussion among
different stake holders such as educationists, teachers and principals. The answer to this question is
still needed in various contexts, so the aim of the present study was to explore Effective Classroom
Management Strategies in Secondary Schools of Punjab. In this qualitative study, twenty teachers from
ten public secondary schools in district Okara were selected using purposive sampling technique. Data
were collected through a self-developed semi-structured interview. Qualitative thematic analysis was
done with the help of software, Nvivo-11. Analysis revealed that teachers have to face a large number
of classroom management issues such as noise, overcrowded classrooms, STR, unsupportive seating
arrangements, lack of teaching facilities, and disruptive behavior of students, latecomers, and
improper uniform, less attention toward lesson, family background and conveyance problem for rural
students.
Findings suggested different classroom management strategies to tackle classroom
management issues such as students’ academic engagement, content related questioning, activity base
learning, proper seating arrangements, group work, observation, suitable teaching method, developing
supportive classroom rules and finally teacher attitude towards students.
Moreover, analysis revealed that most of the teachers used lecture method with different
pedagogical practices such as questioning, discussion, diagramming and use of whiteboard as an
effective visual aid. Less interaction was observed while teachers were busy in writing on whiteboard.
Front students were seemed engaged but back benchers were passive. Group work, activity based
teaching, storytelling and demonstration teaching methods were found most effective to maintain the
discipline in the classroom. It was suggested that teaching methods should be according to the nature
of content, learner, time and available resources.
The present study recommended top-down change as teachers’ trainings, improving teacher
education programs, providing basic facilities in the school, balancing students’ teacher ratio and
conveyance especially for rural students.
Ayesha Kanwal, Hafeez Ullah, Hafiz Muhammad Arshad. (2022) Exploring Effective Classroom Management Strategies in Secondary Schools of Punjab Abstract, Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan, volume 59, issue 1.
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