期刊名称：Eurasian Journal of Physics and Chemistry Education
印刷版ISSN：1306-3049
出版年度：2015
卷号：7
期号：1
语种：English
出版社：Moment Publications
摘要：The aim of this study is to define undesired behaviors in classroom, to better understand the reasons of undesired behaviors, and to offer some strategies to overcome these behaviors. The researchers have used a qualitative research approach in this study. For this aim, the researchers have purposefully selected 12 physics teachers who work in different high schools in Amasya, Turkey. Then, the researchers have carried out open-ended interviews with teachers. Each interview has taken around 40 minutes, recorded and transcribed verbatim. After analyzing the collected data, the researchers have found that teachers have defined undesired behaviors if a behavior inhibits students’ learning, distracts students’ attentions, and destroys students’ motivation and desires to study. Furthermore, teachers declared that because of following reasons students show undesired behaviors. These are 1) lack of motivation, 2) hopelessness to learn, 3) hopelessness to be successful, 4) lack of ready for topic, and 5) prejudice to physics. Teachers have also mentioned that there might be some strategies to overcome undesired behaviors in classroom. These are 1) planned ignoring, 2) signal interference, 3) proximity control, 4) using humor, 5) removing distracting objects, 6) changing student place, and 7) time out. The findings of this study show that there exist undesired behaviors in physics class. Unless these determined behaviors have been removed, teaching and motivating of students will be more difficult for physics teachers and it negatively affects students’ learning and academic successful. Hence, some professional development activities regarding classroom management should be offered for physics teachers.
