Self-Reported Examination Cheating of Alumni and Enrolled Students: Evidence from Ghana

Mensah, Christopher; Azila-Gbettor, Edem M.; Asimah, Vincent

doi:10.1007/s10805-017-9286-x

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“…Over the years teachers and school management alike have done their best to manage maladaptive behaviour but changes in the educational system have failed to make provision for changes in strategies for teachers to be able to handle maladaptive behaviour in students. Ghana is a typical example of where such rapid changes in educational system have created the necessary condition for maladaptive behaviour to rise among adolescent students in senior high school (Mensah, Azila-Gbettor and Asimah, 2018). The abolishment of canning and corporal punishment besides other form of punishment have given student the leverage to challenge, misbehave and act in ways contradicts school and social norms.…”

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Teachers’ Strategies for Managing Adolescent Students with Maladaptive Behaviours in Ghana

Amoah¹,

Dontoh²,

Adjei³

et al. 2020

int.jour.sci.res.mana.

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Maladaptive behavior is arguably the most common disruptive behaviour among adolescents and in order to transform these students into productive members in the society, the need for quality education cannot be overrated. It is in this regard that this study seeks to examine the strategies that teacher use to manage maladaptive behaviours in Offinso Municipality. A quantitative approach and an explanatory research design was adopted to ensure that the right data is collected and the appropriate analytical techniques are used. Further, Krejcie and Morgan (1970) and stratified random sampling was used to select a total of 171 teachers from the three schools with the aid of questionnaire as the research instrument. All ethical issues were strictly adhered to ensure Full Corporation with the study. SPSS version 22 was used to code and capture the data collected. A combination of descriptive analysis and sequential linear regression was used to analyse the data. The results showed that the students of the three schools in the Offinso Municipality exhibit maladaptive behaviour and the teachers have adapted strategies that significantly manages the maladaptive behaviours. The factors influencing maladaptive behaviour in the adolescents includes parental, environmental and the school. For resource allocation and policy implications, management should first consider committing resources to enhancing the teacher’s strategy before considering the three category of factors influencing the maladaptive behaviour in the adolescent students. Further, management should engage the parents, the community leaders and government to develop strategies in mitigating maladaptive behaviour in adolescent students. The need for counselling service centres cannot be overrated besides orientation practices.

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Section: El-2020-1315mentioning

confidence: 99%