Abstract:
Classroom Management is a velY important system to use rules and procedures in
managing student's behavior in order
to maintain and produce good classroom
environment
jor better learning results. However, it becomes critical jor novice teachers
r-r
and as a whole cause for teachers burn out andjob dissatisfaction. Tlje main aim ofthis
research
is to study the practices oj the three different approaches oj classroom
management
among experienced and less experienced teachers a'nd preferences of
students towards classroom management approaches in first cycle primmy schools of
Gondar city. To conduct the study, 493 teachers .from 37 schools were classified into
experienced
and less experienced teachers using strat?fied sampling. The number ofless
experienced teachers
was jew and the whole teachers (89) were taken as sample for the
less
el:perienced and J~ J teachers were samples for experienced teachers and selected
using simple random sampling.
50 students were selected pwposejully jrom the students
oj 37 primary schools. Questionnaire jor teachers and interviews jor students were
.,
applied to collect data. The data were analyzed with SPSS version JJ, and one sample ttest
was conducted to jind the result oj the general level ofpractices of the approaches
\ (humanistic, behavioral, &classroom tradition), two sample t-test was applied to ident~/y
the differences ojpractices of the approaches between experienced and less experienced
teachers,
and chi-square was pe110rmed to ident?/y the prejerences of students towards
classroom
managfiment. The results were obtained that regardless ofyears of services,
the teachers
werefound to use the thee approaches in classroom in order to manage their
students; experienced teachers use humanistic approach more than less experienced
teachers
and on the other side less experienced teachers use classroom management
tradition & behavioral approaches more than experienced
teachel's. At last the
preference
of students was found to be humanistic approach their .first choice and
classroom management tradition and behavioral approaches to classroom management
• their 2"
d
& 3
rd
preferences, respectively. So, filrther studies is advisable in studying the
issue relating with
d~fferent variables andfactors in order to produce & maintain better
classroom environment which is important
jor students to learn better and attain
educational goals.
