Students’ Discipline and Social Outcomes in Selected Secondary Schools in Migwani District Kitui County-kenya

ABSTRACT The study was about students’ Discipline and social outcomes in selected secondary schools in Migwani District, Kenya. The study was guided by the following objectives; to determine the profile of the respondents, to establish the level of Students’ discipline, to establish the level of Social Outcome, and to find out the relationship between level of Students’ Discipline and the level of Social Outcome. Using eight selected schools out of 15 in the District, the respondents of the study were basically 231 teachers in the selected schools in the constituency. The study employed descriptive correlations design. The findings of the study included that: the level of students’ discipline in the secondary schools in the district is satisfactory, the level of social outcomes is also satisfactory, and that there is a strong positive relationship between level of Students’ Discipline and level of Social outcomes. The study recommends that Parents and teachers should endeavor to improve on the discipline levels of their children since this is an effect influential on social outcomes. The study further recommends that more sanguine disciplinary measures should be adopted in the societies so as to mitigate the rebellious effect of Corporal punishments among the juveniles.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter Page

ONE THE PROBLEM AND ITS SCOPE 1

Statement of the Problem 2

Purpose of the study 3

Research Objectives 3

Research Questions 3

Scope of the study 4

Null Hypothesis 4

Significance of the Study 5

Operational Definitions of key terms 5

TWO REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE 6

Concepts, Ideas, Opinions from Authors/Experts 6

Theoretical Perspectives 12

Related Studies 15

flIREE METHODOLOGY 22

Research Design 22

Research Population 22

Sample Size 22

Sampling Procedure 23

Research Instrument 23

Validity and Reliability of the Instrument 24

Data Gathering Procedures 24

Data Analysis 25

Ethical Considerations 26

Limitations of the Study 26

FOUR PRESENTATION ANALYSIS, INTERPRETATION 27

Introduction 27

FIVE SUMMARY OF FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS 36

Introduction 36

Summary of Findings 36

Conclusions 40

Recommendations 40

References 41

Appendices 46

Appendix I - Transmittal Letter 46

Appendix II- Questionnaires 47

Appendix III - Informed Consent 49

Appendix IV -Clearance from Ethics Committee 50

Appendix V - Research Instrument 51

Appendix VI- Researcher’s Curriculum Vitae 57