TEACHER'S CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT: BEHAVIOURAL AND INSTRUCTIONAL MANAGEMENT STYLES AND CLASSROOM CONTROL BELIEFS

Abstract

The study investigated Osun state secondary school teachers' classroom management styles alongside the behavioral and instructional management styles. The study examined the nature of classroom management approaches of the teacher- behavior versus Instructional management styles. It further determined teacher's control beliefs on the two approaches of management styles as well as the influence of teaching experience on their beliefs. The study adopted a survey design . The population of the study comprised all the senior secondary school teachers in Osun state, Nigeria. The simple size 205 senior secondary school teachers selected across Osun central senatorial districts in the state using a simple random sampling technique.