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Chapter 1
Introduction to the research
1.1 Introduction
The impact of stress in the workplace on the employees physical health, mental well -being and
effectiveness in the workplace has been increasingly recognized in recent years (Spielberger &
Reheiser, 1994).
Anyone who has worked in a helping profession such as teaching will appreciate how
stressful such professions can be. Every day interactions with students can trigger the experience
of stress in teachers. The reality is that the teacher is normal but the work situation is often
unpredictable and sometimes even abnormal from a professional point of view.
Stress at work has been singled out as an important area of investigation for several
reasons: most people spend a substantial amount of time at work, and work is important as a
fundamental means for implementing and fulfilling personal aspirations and expectations
(Yankelovich, 1979).
The teaching profession is one of the helping professions in which practitioners are
normally committed to giving their best for the welfare of those entrusted in their care. While the
commitment is laudable, the consequences can be detrimental when job demands overshadow the
individuals coping resources, as well as the job rewards; thus leaving the practiti oner feeling
unhappy and unable to perform well.
Indications are that teacher stress is one of the main forms of professional stress. Stress is
defined as the experience by a teacher of unpleasant emotions, such as frustration, anxiety, anger
and depression, resulting from aspects of his/her work as a teacher (Kyriacou, 1987). A stressor is
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an experience or situation within or outside the individual, which elicits a stress response. It is the
individuals unique perception, which determines whether the stress is viewed as negative or
positive (Hayward, 1993).
Novice teachers enter the classroom with optimism but little experience to handle a
classroom. Black (2004) states that the novice teacher has the same demands placed on them as
an experienced teacher. Blacks study includes a sample of novice teachers in which they
reported that they worked in isolation without guidance from administration or experienced
teachers. Lack of support is one of the reasons why many foundation teachers leave the school
and/or the field.
From their first day, new teachers are required to carry out the same duties as a veteran
teacher. They are usually unfamiliar with routines and procedures and are given heavy teaching
loads. Additionally, they are expected to prepare for multiple levels of their subject areas, manage
the classroom, deal with parent-teacher conflicts, and are often assigned to some of the least
desirable classes. This level of stress can burn out the teacher in the first few years due to high
levels of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and low levels of personal accomplishment
and result in their moving into another profession.
Research provides numerous explanations and possible methods to reduce stress in the
classroom. Many of the recommendations included references to mentoring as well as other
novice teacher support programs. Unfortunately, the research found that these programs require
administrative support and when the administration does not buy into the formal adaption of these
useful tools they are not well enforced and they provide little or no relief to the teacher.
One of the most frequent stressors for novice teachers was found to be classroom
management and behavioural issues. No simple methods of what the teacher could do for
themselves to localize a solution without reliance on others were discovered.
1.2 Background of the research
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This study is based on identifying a teacher tool that does not rely on external support in order for
it to provide teacher stress reduction. After much contemplation a possible solution became
apparent, a camera in the classroom. Moreover, it was necessary to identify its potential
beneficial uses as an observational tool. Research indicated that novice teachers are exposed to
too much stress from observable classroom management and behavioural incidents. Cameras
have become socially accepted due to their presence almost everywhere you go. Cameras alone
could actually increase stress if the teacher does not have complete control of it. The intent of this
paper is to determine whether teacher will perceive that the use of a camera in the class, under
their complete control, reduces their stress.
1.3 Statement of Problem
The research shows that novice teachers are under a considerable amount of stress due in part to
the lack of experience in classroom management and behaviour. They are so busy focusing on
preparing lessons and making sure they are timely in presenting the material that their attention is
diverted and thus miss some of the disruptive behaviours that happen in the classroom.
Cumulative stress can lead to teacher burnout and leaving the profession.
1.4 Research Question
Will novice teachers perceive their placement of a camera in their classroom as an optional
proactive tool in the reduction of teacher stress?
1.5 Research Objectives
There are two research objectives.
1. To draw a conclusion whether the use of a camera in the classroom reduces stress overall and
for the subgroups for year zero to one, year two to year three, male and female teaching
experience categories.
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2. To determine whether a classroom camera could be perceived by novice teachers as a way to
reduce stress by providing an additional means of monitoring classroom management and
behavioral issues.
1.6 The Purpose of the Study
The purpose of the study is to determine whether novice teachers will envision the advantages of
placing a camera in their classrooms in order to help them capture poor students behaviour and
address it.
1.7 The Importance of the Study
Teachers tend to avoid the prospect of placing cameras in the classroom. If this research can
provide the impetus to the teacher allaying their fears of a camera in the classroom then maybe it
can become an accepted tool for the novice teacher.
Once the teacher buys into the use as a stress reducer then maybe it can be further
evaluated as to how best to utilize the camera. Eventually, it could be included as a tool for the
novice teacher to use during their first few years of teaching. Training could be provided to
optimize the use and placement of the camera in the classroom.
The research could be used as a justification to experiment with the use of cameras in the
classroom.
1.8 Assumptions of the Study
There are 4 assumptions in this study.
1. The teachers were motivated to answer the questionnaires truthfully.
2. The teachers were motivated to follow the instructions provided for each questionnaire.
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3. The teachers understood the directions provided them and answered the questions
without bias.
4. The teachers participating in the study were a good representation of novice teachers in
general.
1.8.1 Hypotheses
1. The sample size determines the threshold for significance and thus the smaller the sample the
higher the threshold.
2. Any number higher than the threshold indicates the difference between the means of the
responses to not having a camera and having a camera would help reduce stress for those
situations.
1.9 Limitations of the Study
There are three limitations which have been identified.
1. The population of the study was limited to novice teachers in one high school.
2. Teachers with more than 3 years experience were excluded from the study.
3. The possibility that individual bias to cameras can influence the way the
questionnaire is filled out.
1.10 Operational Definition
1.10.1 Stress
McGrath (1984:6) defines stress in terms of a set of conditions having stress in it stress
involves an interaction of person and environment. Something happens out there which presents a
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person with a demand, or a constraint or an opportunity for behaviour. He looks at stress as the
relationship between a person and the environment. Stress occurs when the environment imposes
demands which are perceived as being substantially out of balance with the focal persons
capabilities. The imbalance can occur when the environmental demands exceed the persons
capabilities or the persons capabilities exceed the environmental demands.
Stress in this study will refer to:
Stress due to life specifically as a changing environment. Stress is a state manifested by a specific syndrome of biological events and can be both pleasant
and unpleasant.
Stress is the mobilization of the bodys defenses that allow human beings to adapt to hostile orthreatening events such as behaviourally challenged learners.
1.10.2 Novice Teacher
In this study, the term teacher refers to a person giving educational or life skills guidance to
learners. According to Wilkinson (1988), novice brings the definition of a person who is new to a
field or activity, in other terms, a beginner to a certain fields, which we can conclude that novice
teacher means someone who is new to the teaching field.
1.11 Method of Investigation
1.11.1 Literature Study
An in-depth literature review on stress will be conducted.
1.11.2 Research paradigm
An empirical research study will be carried out to establish whether a camera in the classroom
will help to reduce stress of the novice teachers.
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1.11.3 Method of Sampling
In Sibu, Sarawak, SMK Methodist is considered as one of the top schools in that area. The sample
will consist of the novice teachers from this school. Both males and females will be tested.
1.11.4 Method of Data Collection
Two questionnaires which consist of 24 questionnaire items each will be distributed to the novice
teachers to be filled in. The teachers are asked to rate the 24 items by the scales from 0 to 5.
1.11.5 Method of Data Analysis
Statistical tests will be used to analyze data.
1.12 Conclusion
Stress is recognized as a significant contributing factor to the loss of new teachers. Stress is a trait
of the teaching profession no matter where you teach. The novice teacher is under a significant
amount of stress during their first years, however stress is unavoidable, it can only be reduced.
Therefore, this study has been conducted to see how effective the strategy of incorporating
classroom cameras as a teacher resource tool to help in reducing the novice teacher stress in the
classroom.
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Chapter 2
Literature Review
2.1 Introduction
The novice teacher is under a significant amount of stress during their first years. From day one,
new teachers are required to perform the same duties as a veteran teacher. Van Hover and Yeager
(2004) stated in their research of a beginning teacher that they are suddenly faced with heavy
workloads, multiple lesson preparations, typically the least desirable students, a limited supply of
resources as other teachers may took everything from the last teacher or classroom, little peer
support, classroom management and behavioural issues, poor support from administration,
parent-student wants and needs, trial and error in developing their own procedures and routines,
and a general realization that what they ideally thought they were going to be doing is quite a bit
different from the reality of the classroom.
2.2 Teachers StressStress is not something strange to our daily lives nowadays. Everybody may feel stress when they
are facing bad situation. Generally, word of stress has been used in social science research since a
well known medical expert; Selye pioneered the research for psychological stress in 1950s. Cox
and Brockley (1984) stated that stress is a perception phenomenon which exists from a
comparison between the command given and ability of a person to execute the task successfully.
Unbalanced situation in this mechanism will lead into stress experience and ultimately into stress
reaction.
Teachers stress is defined as uncomfortable feeling, negative emotion such as anger,
anxiety, pressure and disappointment sourced from their work aspects as a teacher (Kyriacou and
Sutcliffe (1978a). For this matter, stressed teacher is someone with their uncontrollable emotion
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towards changes in education culture which requires a teacher to give their knowledge, and at the
same time, they have to educate students to be a good community member. Teachers have to
work more, doing clerical jobs, preparing for teaching aid materials, and attending courses or
educational workshops. These require teachers to adapt themselves with new teaching techniques.
Normally, high level of stress will lead into work unsatisfactory, work absentee, and
works abandon. Stress adapting reactions of a teacher includes psychological reactions (anxiety
and sadness), physiological (headache, high blood pressure) and attitude related (alcohol and
smoking addiction, lifestyle and insomnia). Bad working environment will lead into stress factor
and causing work unsatisfactory. Ultimately, a teacher will have desire to leave their profession
(Kyriacou and Sutcliffe, 1978b).
High stress level of a teacher causes disappointment, aggressive behaviour, anxiety,
avoidance of work, absentee, and poor works performance (Kaiser and Polczynski, 1982).
2.3 Research onTeachers Stress outside MalaysiaA survey by Optum Research, a Minnesota-based company that studies work related health risks,
found that 88% of teachers experience moderate to high levels of stress (Attridge, Bergmark,
Parker, & Lapp, 2000).
According to the American Institute of Stress (n.d.), stress is relative. Everyone reacts
different situations differently. What is stressful to one person may have no effect on another or
some individuals may find it enjoyable. Stress can result in increased productivity up to a point
after which things get worse. That point varies from person to person. You need to be aware of
when you are overstressed. Many times people ignore the signs until irreparable damage is done.
According to the National Center for Health and Wellness (n.d.), there are four types of
stress: Eustress, Distress, Hyper stress, and Hypo stress. Eustress is the love of developing
successful activities such as preparation of lesson plans or achievement such as the successful
completion of a task. It brings about a feeling of contentment and joy. Distress, on the other hand,
is cause by too much stress. An article by Van Der Linde (2000) about teacher stress indicates
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that an individuals perception and reaction to stress translates into their quality, health, and
ability to work. The appropriate amount and kind of stress keeps oneself alert and the mind sharp.
A job with little demand may lead to individual boredom and under achievement. When a person
is experiencing demands that are beyond their ability to handle, they may develop high levels of
anxiety which can result in lower work efficiency. Chronic high demands, bad and insensitive
management, threatening superiors, and job uncertainty could result in fatigue, exhaustion, and
ultimately burnout. Eustress and distress both have common physiological affect on the nervous
system but distress is pathogenic while eustress does not seem to exhibit those symptoms.
If the teacher is unable to control their stress it could evolve into hyper stress. That is
when the person is pushed beyond what they are capable of, they are overloaded and/or
overworked. (National Center for Health and Wellness, n.d.). The teachers can burnout in the first
few years due to high levels of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and low levels of
personal accomplishment and result in their moving into another profession.
According to the American Institute of Stress (n.d.), there are 50 common warning signs
and symptoms of stress. Some are disguised as typical ailments such as headaches, neck and back
pain, colds, infections, rashes, itching, allergies, heartburn, flatulence, etc. Some more noticeable
would be excess anxiety, worry, guilt, depression, weight gain or loss, insomnia, nightmares,
tremors, and etc.
Chronic stress can result in long term illnesses such depression, hypertension, over
reaction to stress and alcoholism (Yong &Yue, 2007). The American Institute of Stress (n.d.)
describes hypertension as an elevated blood pressure which if unchecked can result in stroke,
heart attack, heart failure and numerous others.
The effects of stress are not limited to the teacher. Yong and Yue (2007) stated that work
stress and burnout lowers the teachers quality of service, lowers their morale, they lose interes t
in their work and life, become less efficient on the job, and become indifferent toward people and
events. These take a toll on the students. Burned-out teachers who continue to teach may not put
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much effort into preparing their lessons, may not listen to students, may lower students
requirements, get impatient with student failings, show little enthusiasm for work, and have low
self respect. This makes such a teacher ineffective. These teacher failings directly affect the
teacher-student relations and can prevent students from making progress. This is much evidence
indicating that teacher effectiveness increases sharply after the first few years of teaching.
Unfortunately about one third of new teachers leave within the first few years, before they reach
the level of effectiveness that is best for the student.
The National Center for Educational Statistics (Marvel et al, 2007, p.3) states that 8% of
all United States public school teachers left the profession after the 2003-2004 school years.
Stress seemed to be the general reason for attribution in the urban school. A policy brief by the
National Commission on Teaching and Americas Future (2007) surveyed five school districts in
the country to determine the cost of teacher attrition. Based on their findings, they estimated that
the national true cost far exceeds $7 billion during a given year.
A study by Ayalon (1989) surveyed novice teachers located in five districts of a
southwest city in the United States to determine the reasons for burnout after one year of work.
The study recommends that the identification of crucial factors that contribute to the beginning
teacher stress be determined and the develop interventions to reduce those stress factors. This
could have an effect on the reduction of teacherburnout during the first year. One studys finding
of 103 music educators was that one of the most stressful discipline problems was monitoring the
students (Gordon, 2002).
In research by Supaporn (2000) on misbehavior from the perspective of a high school
student, the students defined misbehavior as doing something the teacher said to do or not to do.
Some examples were cheating, fooling around, non-participation, hurting peers, critizing peers,
and discrimination. Peer criticism was frequent. The students had several suggestions that
included that the teacher should monitor the class and that as a result the students would be less
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likely to misbehave. Students need to be in a classroom environment where they feel safe,
supported, and comfortable.
A study by Brock and Grady (1998) posed questions to beginning teachers and principals.
The study showed that both the novice teacher and the principal identified classroom
management and discipline as the most significant problems.
The U.S Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (1999)
provided a survey of teachers feelings of overall preparedness to present their material and
manage the classroom. The findings indicate that among classroom teachers with up to three
years of experience that only 54% felt well prepared to manage students behaviour where as of
all the public school teachers, 71% felt very well prepared at maintaining discipline and order in
their classroom. Based on these statistics it appears that after a teacher gains experience
classroom management and discipline are much less of an issue.
2.4 Research on Teachers Stress within Malaysia
A lot of different researches had been done by the Malaysias higher institute in the forms of
thesis. Siti Raziah (1982) did a research on 71 teachers who are teaching in several schools in the
Wilayah Persekutuan with variety slots of ages, experiences of teaching and also qualifications.
In the research, the researcher found out that those teachers only have moderate stress. Factors
which contribute to their stress are burden of works, too much teaching hours, keep on replacing
teachers who are not well to perform their teaching and teachers who have less teaching
experience tend to experience more stress than those who have teaching experience for more than
3 years.
Ahmad Azhari (1998) summarizes some of the factors which can increase the stress
among the teachers. One of them is overloaded work. This will give impact to other issues too. In
schools, a lot of teacher had complained that they spend too much time on a lot of paper work like
donating program in school, competitions, school campaigns and etc and not on teaching.
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In Siti Rohani Md. Sharif (1991) research, there are four issues which are connected with
stress. They are the students factors, burden of works, time pressure and also the schools
environment. The factor which gives them the most stress is the students factors. Some of the
reasons are the students are not interested to study, they feel unmotivated and their work is
unpleasing. The teachers also feel stressful when there are too much rules to follow in a school,
there are too many students within a class, the lacking of teaching aids, the punishment system of
the school and also the discipline problem among the students.
Rohani (1991) found out that female teachers tend to experience more stress than the
male teacher in terms of the students behaviour and also work burden. Meanwhile, for the male
teachers, they tend to feel more stress about the schools sett ing and the working environment. It
stated that 84.4% of the male teachers who are pursuing the bachelor in teaching feel more stress
than the female teachers in UTM since they are only 5.4% of them feel stress about the course.
Tan Huat Chye (1996) stated 10 factors which affect the teachers most to experience
stress. They are:
-have to take a huge class to teach
- low salary
-students misbehavior
-less opportunity to progress in this field
-have to teach different classes with have the different abilities of students
-have to handle those students who misbehave
-take over any subjects if the particular teacher is absent
-too much paper work
-lack of cooperation from the parents
-less time to rest due to the packness of the teaching timetable
According to Ali Murat Sunbul (2003), the schools management contributes to stress
factor among teachers. The failure for the school management to feel considerate for the teachers
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and understand the teachers conditions and also the lack of school management to control the
whole school system since they are too dependable on the teachers can affect the quality of the
teaching which is going to be absorbed by the students.
2.5 Cameras in the ClassroomAs stated before Ayalons (1989) study recommended that the identification of crucial factors that
contribute to the beginning teacher stress be determined and then develop interventions to reduce
those stress factors. Brock and Grady (1998) found that both the novice teacher and the principal
identified classroom management and discipline as the most significant problems. Gordon (2002)
found that one of the most stressful discipline problems was monitoring the students. Supaporn
(2000) found that students believe that the teacher should monitor the classroom to reduce
improper behaviour. Based on these studies monitoring the classroom should reduce stress. The
novice teacher may be overwhelmed the first few years. As they accumulate more classroom
experience their monitoring skills would improve. They could incorporate the use of a camera to
aid in the monitoring of the classroom to help reduce their stress.
Cameras could provide an additional observation point in the classroom as a possible
proactive optional tool to be used by the teacher. McDonough (n.d.) states in his articles that
cameras are everywhere. There is a food chance that a camera is a part of everyones daily
experiences. Closed circuit cameras are being installed by the government throughout cities
everywhere from museums, parks, and traffic lights to federal buildings. In todays world of
terrorism, people have to be more open to the use of technology such as cameras.
The United States Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs (1999), in their report, The
Appropriate and Effective Use of Security Technologies in U.S. Schools, stated that video cameras
are generally accepted in classrooms across the country.
Cameras are already in use on many school campuses. They are a proactive management
style since they are used to help prevent incidents from occurring as long as the impacted
population knows they are there. The students are under surveillance in the halls and in common
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areas and now cameras are making their way into the classroom and on the buses. Dillon (2003)
wrote an article about the Biloxi school district. Biloxi, Mississippi public schools have placed
cameras in every classroom. Some school districts have placed cameras on the school buses. The
cameras on the buses have been installed in boxes so the students do not know whether they are
on or not. They create a deterrent to issues on the bus. Once they are used to resolve an issue, the
students realize they cannot get away with lying.
In order to curtail violences schools have embraced the use of security cameras. Properly
installed and monitored cameras have resulted in the reduction of violence as discussed in a case
history by Villano (2007) of one school in Chicago. Prior to installing cameras, they had 100
fights per year; since the surveillance equipment was installed in 2003, they only had three fights,
and the other violence such as stabbings has disappeared.
Some research into legalities indicates that legally teachers and students have privacy
nights, but classroom do not fit that category. Administrators and parents have the right to
observe a classroom at any time that could be in person or by other means, Cameras could violate
the law if they are used for reasons other than security/training or are accessed by unauthorized
people.
Dillon (2003) wrote an article about the Biloxi school district and the installation of
cameras in every classroom there. They record every move of every student and teacher. The
cameras have helped reduce discipline problems and as result raised test scores. The American
Federation of Teachers local Mississippi union has heard concerns about the use of cameras to
evaluate teachers work. The superintendent of the schools said they would not be used for that
purpose. If the camera was controlled by administration then one of the perceived purposes of the
cameras could be for evaluation of the teacher and it could increase teacher stress.
A study by Pearson and Moomaw (2005) consisting of 300 teachers in K-12 in Florida
was done about the Relationship between Teacher Autonomy and Stress, Work Satisfaction,
Empowerment, and Professionalism. Their findings identified that the perception of the teacher
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affected job stress. Teacher autonomy related strongly with perceived empowerment and
professionalism. When they were present, they reduced on-the-job-stress. Thus, the video would
have to be under complete control of the teachers to reduce their stress.
Clausen (2007) researched the use of the technology in the classroom. Along with
supporting research, he interviewed two first year teachers about their experiences during the year.
One of his conclusions was that by providing technological support in the classroom will make a
difference in how well it was applied.
Pirie (1996) wrote a paper on the use of video recording the classroom. She has used
video in the classroom for her specific quantitative research needs but she further extends the use
of video camera to any research needs by the teacher. Based on her experiences of video
recordings during her research, Pirie provides guidance and implications a user could experience
using a camera for various data-gathering scenarios. She divided them into six sections of
decision-making:
1. What is your subject focus?
2. In what context do you need to set your subject?
3. What details do you wish to record?
4. What equipment do you need?
5. Have a written action checklist.
6. Practice, using the checklist.
Gordon (2002) found out that one of most stressful discipline problems was monitoring
the students. What can the teacher observe with a camera? Kern, Hilt, and Gresham (2004) used
classroom observation for four targets. (a) Disruptive behaviours such as talking, making facial
gestures, tapping the desk, etc; (b) Using inappropriate words, moving around, playing with items,
not being on task, and sleeping; (c) Tantrums, yelling, self-inflicted injuries, throwing items
and/or hitting others, and property damage; and (d) Other individual disruptive behaviours not
covered.
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Pearson and Moonmaw (2005) found that teacher autonomy related strongly with
perceived empowerment and professionalism. When they were present, they reduced on-the-job-
stress. The findings found the highest correlation was between perceived empowerment and
professionalism. On-the-job stress was measured based on teachers perception of their
instructional workload, paperwork, and work environment. Stress was lower in teachers who
perceived they had control over their curriculum.
The use of a camera in the classroom that is under complete control of the teacher could
provide the teacher with autonomy and additional control over their curriculum thereby reduce
their stress. Using a camera to observe the behaviours described here should provide the teacher
the desired perception to reduce teacher stress.
2.6 ConclusionNovice teachers are under a significant amount of stress. Based on how well they cope should
determine whether they can handle the stress. If they are unable to cope then they could burnout
and become a number in the attrition statistics about novice teacher. Research shows that
classroom and behaviour management are the biggest problems novice teachers encounter. My
study indicates that theoretically a classroom camera could reduce perceived teacher stress
resulting from classroom and behavioural management issues. Cameras are an acceptable practice
for the classroom and do not require the approval of those being recorded; you inform your
students that you will be video recording them.
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Chapter 3
Research Design and Methodology
3.1 Introduction
The research methodology is the most important in the research process. Research methodology
is also known as the research design. Research design is a technique or method which is used to
gather information which is needed to solve a problem statement. (Majid Konting,1993). This
chapter will be discussing about the research design, the samples, the instrument and the data
collection.
3.2 Research question
Will novice teachers perceive that placing a camera in their classroom reduces stress?
3.3 Anticipated Findings
The purpose of my study is to find out whether a classroom camera could be perceived by novice
teachers as a way to reduce stress by providing an additional means of monitoring classroom
management and behavioural issues, some that have been skillfully obscured by the students from
the teacher during the class.
3.4 Study Setting / Context
The study took place at the SMK Methodist located in Sibu, Sarawak. SMK Methodist is one of
the 20 cluster schools in Malaysia. SMK Methodist is well known for its academic achievements,
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co-curricular activities. This school has been established for 58 years. SMK Methodist is one of
the most well-established and famous school in the east of Malaysia.
SMK Methodist has around 75 teaching classrooms in the school along with a tennis
court, a stadium, a squash court, a canteen with halal and non-halal food, two halls, a field of
its own, one staffroom which the teachers have to share among the morning session and also the
afternoon session, a library, a computer room, laboratory rooms and a counseling room. There are
support facilities for the principal, athletics, and arts. There are two accessible restrooms for both
male and female students throughout the building.
Teachers were asked to complete the questionnaires in their classrooms in order to
provide them with the environment, as they would have experienced the classroom management
and behavioural issues.
3.5 Participants / Population to be studied
The participants for this study were comprised of SMK Methodist teachers in their first 3 years of
teaching. They were chosen out of convenience and to allow the researcher to provide hands on
assistance for the participants as needed. There are anticipated to be approximately 165 teachers
at SMK Methodist during the 2010-2011 school years. This research projected to have combined
total of 12 male and female teacher participants to be fully participated in the questionnaires.
3.6 Data Collection Instruments
The study used a consistent set of 24 questionnaire items for the teachers with between 0 and 3
years teaching experience to fill out. Questions for the pilot questionnaire were gleaned from
previously studies having similar objectives.
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Cains and Brown (1998) researched the perceptions and the degree and frequency of
experienced stress for first year novice teachers. Their study looked at all contributors to stress.
The analysis of the data was with both the mean and standard deviation (SD) of the information
obtained. This study is looking at the first three years of novice teacher perception of only
observable classroom management and behaviour stress factors.
3.6.1 Teacher Participation
An interactive e-mail survey was sent to every SMK Methodist teacher at the beginning of the
research project asking them to state the number of years they have been teaching. It explained
that the information was needed to perform an action research project. Those having 0-3 years
experience were considered for the study.
A consent form was sent to 12 SMK Methodist teachers that were in their first 3 years of
teaching. It described the project, and provided an explanation of what was expected from a
participant, the time required of them, and the participant constraints. Those returning the form
were considered for the research.
A set of questionnaires were provided to ask the teachers to record perceptions of stress.
They recorded perceived stress and the frequency of those occurrences, without the use of a
camera on the first questionnaire and then the theoretical use of a camera on the second
questionnaire, for each question based on past experience.
When the teachers received the first questionnaire, they were instructed not to open the
envelope until they had completed the first questionnaire. On this questionnaire, they were asked
to consider every item on it and indicate the value for the incidents under the proper headings.
They recorded perceived stress and the frequency of those occurrences, without the use of a
camera, for each question, based on the past experience. The teachers were asked to rate the 24
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items by means of a 5-point Likert scale in terms of level of overall stress experienced (1=no
stress, 2=some stress, 3-stressful, 4-fairly high degree of stress, and 5-highly stressful) and the
infrequent/never,2=infrequent,3=sometimes, 4=frequent, and 5= very frequent/ongoing/everyday).
After the completed the first questionnaire, they were asked to open the envelope and
follow the instructions for the second questionnaire. They were asked to theoretically imagine
they have been given the authority to use a video camera in their classroom and they have
informed the students that there will be video recording in the classroom. They were theoretically
provided with instruction on how to use and place the camera for optimal results. They were to
imagine they could use it to document student incidents as rarely or often as they feel necessary.
They were to decide whether it is seen by anybody else. With that in mind, they were asked to
assume they were able to document for later review those same stressful incidents and
frequencies they recounted on the previous questionnaire.
They recorded perceived stress and the frequency of those occurrences, without the use of
a camera, for each question, based on the same past experience identified in the previous
questionnaire. The teachers were asked to rate the same 24 items as before by means of a 5-point
Likert scale in terms of level of overall stress experienced (1=no stress, 2=some stress, 3-stressful,
infrequent/never,2=infrequent,3=sometimes, 4=frequent, and 5= very frequent/ongoing/everyday).
3.6.2 Data Collection Procedures
In a study by Cains and Brown (1998), they investigated first-year novice teacher perceptions of
the degree and frequency of experienced stress. They administered a 39-item questionnaire that
had 7 point scale for both stress and frequency. They used a quantitative analysis approach to
draw conclusions. Once the data was obtained, they compared the stress and frequency ratings by
analyzing the mean and standard deviation for each item. The data was appropriate to use a
multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) for item means allowing for result determination.
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This study used a similar quantitative survey research method. It was analyzed using the
mean and standard deviation for each item and a t-test to compare data obtained in order to
determine the value of the data. A questionnaire was developed that contained questions relating
to the classroom management and behaviour experiences of the teacher, how they perceived the
stress they were under during their first few years, and if they thought that having a camera in the
classroom would help to reduce the stress experienced during their early years of teaching.
3.6.3 Data Analysis Procedures
As questionnaires were returned the total sample size, the response rate for each item, and the
overall percentage of returns were documented. Then, they were sub-categorized into levels of
experience from 0 to 1 year, 2 to 3 years and by gender. Each questionnaire returned was
reviewed to determine whether it was complete or incomplete. They were all complete.
An Excel spreadsheet was prepared similar to the questionnaire containing 24 items of
teacher concern and the 5-point Likert scale for both the levels of and the frequency of stress.
Each participant had four numbered columns for data entry. Two columns were perceived
classroom stress and frequency without a camera and the other two for classroom stress and
frequency with a camera. A participant number was placed on the questionnaire and at top of the
spreadsheet column for identity purposes and future data verification. All participant data was
entered into the spreadsheet.
After all the data was entered, the stress and frequency values were multiplied together
by the program to get a range of stress equal to 24 (1x1=1; 5x5=25); then a comparative analysis
was made using all the data and then between the teacher-perceived stress with and without a
camera based on the categories of all teachers and then the sub categories of 0-1 and 2-3 years of
experience, and finally, gender. The only variable between the two questionnaires is the imagined
use of a classroom camera and how its potential use could change the perceived teacher stress in
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the classroom. The data provided by the questionnaires was analyzed using a quantitative method
where the central tendency and the spread of values around the central tendency was calculated
for each question based on the stress and frequency indicators to determine the stress that is
endured per type of incident of all 24 items. Lastly, the data was analyzed using a t-test to
determine if the signed differences of the paired data may looked upon as random samples. It
utilizes both the mean and standard deviation to determine its value. If the t-test value exceeds the
null hypothesis (the two methods are equally effective) it is effective and can be used to make
general teacher population conclusions.
The central tendency was determined using the mean (average) of the date being
analyzed and the spread of values around the central tendency was determined using the standard
deviation of the date being analyzed. The results will be presented using both summary tables and
bar graphs.
The data obtained from both sets of questionnaires were compared to determine if, there
is any correlation between the data obtained. The only variable between the two questionnaires is
the imagined use of a classroom camera and how its potential use could change perceived teacher
stress in the classroom.
The standard deviation was used to determine the variability of the data. A large standard
deviation indicates the data is more spread out and if it is small then the data is less spread out. A
normally distributed bell curve is an indication of how to project the distribution for other. A
standard deviation of 2.58 would include 99% of all data. If the data results in a much skewed
distribution then the assumption of normality is called into question.
A t-test was conducted comparing the means of all 24 items in order to determine the
significance of the stressors. The number of stressor items was reduced to the six having rejected
the null hypothesis indicating they are representative of being random samples and then the data
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is acceptable. This data indicates that they would statistically be effective in reducing stress by
the use of a camera in the classroom. Those stressor items were compared overall using the t-test
to determine if the difference between the means of the two questionnaires is of enough
significant difference to draw a conclusion about whether the use of a camera in the classroom
reduces classroom stress overall and for the subgroups for year zero to year one, year two to year
three, male and female teaching experience categories.
3.7 Conclusion
In a nutshell, this chapter discusses about the research design, the research setting, the
participants or samples, the instruments of the research, the process of data collection and the data
analysis procedures. Through this chapter, the researcher has a better view and understanding of
the overall procedures on how to conduct the research.
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