Post-Corporal Punishment Challenges Facing Eswatini Primary School Teachers When Disciplining Learners and the Necessary Counselling Services
- Title
- Post-Corporal Punishment Challenges Facing Eswatini Primary School Teachers When Disciplining Learners and the Necessary Counselling Services
- Author(s)
- Ruth N. Dlamini, Moses Onyemaechi Ede & Chinedu Ifedi Okeke See all items with this value
- Date
- 2022 See all items with this value
- Description
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The purpose of this study was to explore post-corporal punishment challenges facing Eswatini primary school
teachers when disciplining learners and the necessary counselling services. The research employed embedded
research design using 48 primary teachers in the Hhohho region in the Kingdom of Eswatini. A purposive sampling
was used to select the most accessible research participants. Instruments used were questionnaires and one-on-one interviews. Sixteen schools were selected. Data was collected and analyzed both quantitative and qualitatively. For analyzing data for questionnaires and observation, descriptive statistics such as frequencies and percentages were used and for analyzing data for interviews, thematic analysis was used. Findings show that teachers are facing challenges regarding learner discipline in post corporal punishment in primary schools. Teachers are confused and afraid of infringing learners’ rights. Given the findings, some notable recommendations were highlighted. - Publisher
- International Journal of Higher Education See all items with this value
- Keywords
- corporal punishment, discipline, primary school teachers, counselling services See all items with this value
- volume
- 11
- issue
- 3
- pages
- 141-147
- Item sets
- Journal Articles
- Media
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