STUDENTS’ DISCIPLINE: ITS IMPACT IN THE CLASSROOM SETTING

MELODY M. YABUT

In a classroom setting, “discipline” is one of the key elements that can make the teaching and learning process successful. This plays a great role to make every learner learn to the fullest. Proper discipline should be instilled on children to make the classroom setting, a place of “learning” in the real sense.

Nowadays, it is very obvious that students lack “discipline” in the classroom and elsewhere. Their attitudes and behaviors are not acceptable to the society and even in the classroom setting which greatly affects the teaching and learning process.

A disciplined child at home, will result to a “disciplined student” in the school. This statement is true and this has been observed by the teachers per se. Parents are the first teachers of their children. If students have been disciplined properly at home they will also be disciplined in school and everywhere and all the time. The great problem is that this “discipline” have been set aside because of many factors in the family and in the society as well.

Parents are both working and very busy that instilling discipline on their children have been neglected. In addition, the environment is also a great factor that contributes to the poor discipline of children. The technology and social media greatly influence the behaviour of the children. To summarize, the generation nowadays is far different from the generation of the past specifically, in terms of “discipline”.

Poor discipline of students resulted to poor discipline in the classroom that makes the classroom setting disorganized and the teaching and learning with great distraction and poor academic outcomes of the students.

On the other hand, “proper discipline” makes the learning smooth, with understanding on every lesson taught and most especially, this makes the teaching and learning process successful. A student who is disciplined enough shows respect on others, works well with initiative, knows how to behave at all times and this will eventually means and lead to academic progress and a well-organized classroom setting.

“Disciplined students, makes the classroom a place of “learning” in the real sense”.

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The author is Teacher I at San Juan Elementary School, Guagua West District, Division of Pampanga