Teachers‟ Views toward the Implementation of Behavior Modification Techniques to Manage their Learners‟ Misbehavior in the Classroom: The Case of two (02) Private Schools: Modern Language School and Ecole des Arts et Metier in Tizi-Ouzou
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Date
2021
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Université Mouloud Mammeri Tizi Ouzou
Abstract
This dissertation aims at investigating whether English teachers in Modern Language School
(MLS) and Ecole des Arts et Métiers (ECAM) private schools in Tizi-Ouzou (Algeria) use Behavior
Modification Techniques to restrict learners‟ disruptive behavior in order to provide an
appropriate classroom environment. The study also sought to identify the different types of behavior
modification techniques that English teachers use, as well as the extent to which these techniques
are effective for classroom management. This study has been conducted on the basis of the
approach of behavior modification set by Taylors‟ and Mackenneys‟ book entitled Improving
Human Learning in the Classroom (2008). To carry out this study, we opted for the use of Mixed
Methods Research, combining the quantitative and qualitative methods. Indeed, the research tools
used are a questionnaire, distributed to fifteen(15) teachers of English in ECAM private school and
fifteen (15) teachers in MLS private school and a structured interview conducted with five (5)
teachers of the same category. The outcomes were analyzed using Statistical Analysis and
Qualitative Content Analysis. The findings of the study confirmed the first and the second
hypotheses that English teachers do use different behavior modification techniques to modify
learners‟ disruptive behavior in order to establish appropriate classroom environment. Another
conclusion emerged in the presented study is that according to the teachers‟ answers, the use of
behavior modification techniques is effective for classroom management.
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64p. : Ill. en coul. ; (+CD-Rom)
Keywords
Disruptive behavior, behavior modification techniques, modeling, task centered approach and proximity control
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Didactics of Foreign Languages