Article Review Assignment (due date week 4 meeting)

Name: Nursheha Binti Mohd Hadzri

ID Number 2013780645

Title of Article : Primary school teachers’ views about pupil control ideologies and classroom management styles

Name of the journal:

Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences

Volume : 4

Page number : 157-167

Year Publish : 2009

1. Overview

This journal is study about different classroom management styles. There are

four-category classroom management styles which are authoritarian, authoritative,

laissez-faire and indifferent. The determination of the present study is to define the

connection between primary school teacher’s views about pupil control ideologies

and classroom management styles. As we know, good classroom management is

very important to create better study environment. In addition classroom

management skills are related with pupil achievement.

Based on the current issues good classroom management had been

measured in creating an effective learning environment. Classroom management

skills by teachers are one of the main important elements of classroom management

styles. Other than that, teachers skills possibly will be based by theirs educational

background, self-efficiency perceptions in different fields, individual and

professional values and perspectives about education, people and teaching.

Classroom management styles are related with pupils control in classroom via

teacher.

This article used the Survey Model study try to answer the research

questions, and also descriptive statistics and Pearson correlation analysis were used

as data analysis. From the four-category classroom management styles, the author

said that primary teachers shown authoritarian classroom management style as

their common style. The decision is followed by authoritative, laissez-faire and

indifferent classroom management styles. Regarding to this article, the findings

show that primary school teachers are nearer to custodial control ideology such as

strict control, enforcement of orders, one way downward communication, and

distrust towards pupils, cruel punishments and taking undisciplined behavior as

personal offences.

The author also said that there is a correlation and sensible between

custodial control and authoritarian classroom management styles. The findings of

study shown that the more the custodial control ideology of participants follows, the

more the authoritative classroom management styles are detected.

2. Description of methodology

3. Evaluation

4. Discussion of implications