Assessing The Classroom Management Experiences Of Graduate Teachers Teaching Primary Schools In The Kwabre East District

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to assess the classroom management experience of graduate teachers teaching at primary schools in the Kwabre East District. This study used descriptive research design. The population for the study comprised graduate teachers teaching in primary schools in the Kwabre East District. The total population for the study was six hundred and sixty (560) respondents. The researcher used lottery method of simple random sampling method to select a sample size of 400 graduate teachers for the study. Closed-opened questionnaire was the main instrument used to gather information from the respondents. The data collected from questionnaires were categorized and entered in the computer and tabulated according to the research questions. SPSS software version 23 was used to analyze the data using tables, frequencies and percentages were used to describe the data in chapter four. The findings of the study hold it that the graduate teachers were interested in teaching at the primary school. The use of capital punishment and excessive canning of students affected class participation among primary school children. Teaching and learning in the primary school was very active and interesting. Primary school children were sensitive to how teacher’s negative comments caused their non-participation in class. The study recommended that the graduate teachers must minimize the rate at which they cane primary school children to improve the children’s interest in school.