The Benishangul-gumuz National Regional State Secondary School

The purpose of this study was to investigate both the extent of teachers’ awareness ofrnclassroom management strategies, and their commitment towards using the strategies in thernsix secondary schools of Metekel Zone and Pawe Special Woreda. To this effect, a descriptivernsurvey method was employed.rnThe information used in this study was obtained through questionnaire and classroomrnobservation checklist. The respondents were 51 teachers (50 male and 1 female), 273 studentsrn(195 males and 78 females) and 36 classroom observations of the English, Mathematics andrnChemistry subjects of the six secondary schools.rnThe data obtained was analyzed using the statistical tools of chi-square, mean valuernand average rank. Accordingly, as vividly manifested, majority of the teacher respondentsrnwere; males, joined the teaching profession in their early ages and trained in teacher trainingrninstitutes.rnMoreover, the study has revealed that the teachers’ of grade nine were found havingrnthe necessary awareness in almost all the content-focused classroom management strategies.rnBut their commitment towards deploying time management, instructional objectives, groundrnrules and procedures and motivation as the strategy of classroom management was minimal.rnVarious reasons have in fact been suggested as causes for the teachers’ low commitment. Ofrnthose many constraints, however, large class size, high teaching load, the students’rndysfunctional behavior and the irrelevance of the existing curriculum were noted as the mostrnserious.rnIn spite of the teachers’ high awareness of the strategies, however , their lowrncommitment in utilizing them during classroom teaching made the effort of securing effectivernclassroom instruction difficult. To maximize the teacher’s commitment in employing thernrnstrategies giving the necessary attention during pre-service and in-service training has to bernthe major concern of all teachers’ training institutes

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