The
Management Style of Discipline Teachers in Hong Kong Secondary
Schools
D.C. Kwok |
In
schools in Hong Kong, a, team of teachers are assigned the specific
responsibilities of enforcing school rules and regulations and handling
individual students' serious conduct problems. They are called discipline
teachers. Government statistics show that there is an increasing
rate of students' unruly and delinquent behaviour in the recent years.
This study aimed at examining the management style of a group of
discipline teachers as a means of exploring effective intervention
strategies for schools to cope with problem situations. The subjects
(27 males and 15 females) were administered the Pupil Control Ideology
Form. They were also asked about their perceived roles as discipline
teachers and to evaluate the usefulness of some commonly used discipline
measures. Findings indicated that majority of the subjects were custodial
in their management style and they evaluated those discipline measures
which had immediate effects to deter students' disruptive behaviour
as most useful. Implications for effective intervention strategies
were discussed. Key words: management style, discipline teachers, Pupil Control Ideology Form, Hong Kong schools |