Effects of Punishment On the Behavior of Secondary School Students in Kaloleni Zone Coast Province Kenya

ABSTRACT  The purpose of this study to investigate the effects of punishment on the behaviour of secondary school students with a view of making recommendations for behavior modification on students and teachers. The study was undertaken in Kaloleni zone in coast province Kenya. Twelve (12) out of the fifteen (15) existing secondary schools in the zone were systematically sampled out. The classes sampled out were form I, II, III, IV In the study, various factors under school and in between related causes on the consequences of punishment on student's behavior were viewed. The data was collected, analyzed and recommendations made to the concerned.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Declaration ....................................................................................................... i

Supervisor's Certification ................................................................................. ii

Dedication ...................................................................................................... iii

Acknowledgement ........................................................................................... iv

List of Abbreviations ........................................................................................ v

Table of Contents ........................................................................................... vi

Abstract ....................................................................................................... viii

CHAPTER ONE:INTRODUCTION ...................................................................... 1

1.0 Background of the study ............................................................................ 1

1.1 Statement of the problem ....................................................................... .... 1

1.2 Purpose of the study .................................................................................. 2

1.3 Objectives of the study ............................................................................... 2

14. Research Questions ................................................................................... 2

1. 5 Significance of the study ............................................................................ 2

1.6 Limitation of the Study .............................................................................. 3

1. 7 Delimitation of the study ........................................................................... 3

1.8 Conceptual Framework .............................................................................. 4

1. 9Theoretical Framework .............................................................................. .4

CHAPTER TWO:REVIEW OF THE RELATED LITERATURE ............................... 5

2.0 Introduction .............................................................................................. 5

2.1 Extent to which punishment has been used ............................................... 5

2.2 Students attitudes towards punishment .................................................... 7

2.3Consequences of punishment on student's behavior ................................... 8

2.3 Punishment and deterioration in behavior ............................................... 10

CHAPTER THREE:METHODOLOGY ............................................................... 13

3. 0 Research De sign ...................................................................................... 13

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3.1 Population and Staple size ....................................................................... 13

3.2 Instrumentation ...................................................................................... 13

3.3 Reliability and validity of data .................................................................. 13

3 .4 Data Analysis .......................................................................................... 14

CHAPTER FOUR:_PRESENTATION ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF

DATA ............................................................................................................. 15

4.0 Introduction ............................................................................................ 15

4.1 Research Question one revisited .............................................................. 15

4.2 Reasons for being punished ..................................................................... 18

4.3 Research question two revisited ............................................................... 21

4.4 Restoration of corporal punishment ......................................................... 23

4.5 Research question three revisited ............................................................ 24

4.6 Punishment and improvement in behavior ............................................... 24

4.7 Punishment and deterioration in behavior ............................................... 27

CHAPTER FIVE~DISCUSSION, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION ....... 30

5.0 Introduction ............................................................................................ 30

5.1 Discussion on research question one ....................................................... 30

5.2 Discussion on research question two ....................................................... 31

5.3 Discussion on Research Question three ................................................... 31

5.4 Conclusion .............................................................................................. 31

5.5 Recommendations ................................................................................... 32

REFERENCES ............................................................................................... 33

APPENDIX A: Students Questions ................................................................. 35

APPENDIX B: Teachers' Questionnaire ........................................................... 37