Education at every level is expected to affect behaviour of those who experience it. This makes discipline very essential component in delivery of education. The study was a case study designed to examine students’ views on improving discipline in Colleges of Education. Data was collected from 244 respondents at Wesley College of Education in Ashanti Region, Ghana using a 4-point Likert and 5-point Likert scale questionnaire. The data were analysed using frequency and percentage. The study revealed that students viewed the concept of discipline as punishment which was generally perceived as severe. Punishment in the College included withdrawing students’ privileges, in-school suspension and out-of-school suspension among others. They regarded the causes of indiscipline to be the result of lack of students’ participation in the decision making process of the school, unclear rules. Students’ indiscipline was also attributed to bad training at home, students falling into bad company in school and lack of freedom for students. However disciplinary measures such as the use of guidance and counselling services, religious training, and parental involvement, had more positive responses. Based on the findings, some recommendations were made to improve discipline in Colleges of Education. For instance, there should be clarity of rules, this will enable students to understand the rules and abide by them. In addition, Students of colleges should be taught the value of self-discipline. These will help the student teacher to learn more appropriate ways to ensure discipline when they go out to practice.
Examination malpractice is an unwholesome practice encapsulating different types of malicious means adopted by unserious students to cheat during examinations in order to score high marks and pass the examinations. The incidence of examination malpractice has become so endemic that the penalty hitherto melted out to its perpetrators is almost having no statistically significant effects on them. There is an astronomical increase in the number of people and institutions involved in this social malaise. The public has not thought of the effects and the repercussions of their endorsement of examination malpractice. This paper therefore addresses the prevalence of examinations malpractice, the forms and agents involved in examination malpractice. The paper also highlights the effects of examination malpractice on the economy.
Since the primary aim of every teacher is to create and maintain positive learning environment for learners, it is logical to admit that the teacher must have in-depth knowledge and skills which address disciplinary issues and educational needs especially in the classroom. It was on account of this that this study was undertaken to assess the level of practice of behaviour modification technique in the classroom by pre-service teacher interns using a cross-sectional survey design. Data collected from 360 respondents at Colleges of Education in Ghana and analyzed using a three-point Likert-type scale questionnaire, reveal that the pre-service teacher interns do not regularly practice most of the behaviour modification techniques expected to be used for effective classroom management during the internship programme. The findings further showed no significant differences between male and female respondents in their practice of behaviour modification techniques. In like manner, it was largely evident, that the programme of study for the pre-service teacher interns had no significant effect on their practice of behaviour modification techniques. It is in the light of the above findings that this study makes a helpful recommendation to strengthen teacher training institutions in addressing such deficiencies in the formation programme in Ghana.
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