The Influence Of Home Based Factors On Students’ Discipline In Secondary Schools In Manyatta Division, Embu East District
Abstract
The purpose of the study was to investigate how home based factors affect the discipline of
students in secondary schools.The objectives of the study were to investigate the influence of
parental level of education on discipline, investigate the influence of parental economic status on
discipline, and to investigate the parenting style used at home to correct unbecoming behavior
and their effect on general discipline at school.The study was a descriptive research. The main
method of acquiring data was through administration of questionnaires.The target population of
this study wasapproximately 1420 students from the 18 secondary schools. This comprised the
students from secondary schools in Manyatta Division. The data was analyzed descriptively by
use of SPSS and the findings presented in figures and tables.
The study indicated that parental economic status and their level of education were factors that
significantly affected the level of discipline in a student at school. Therefore, the study
recommended that the government should educate parents through civil education and encourage
them to further their studies. Another recommendation was that teachers should work hand in
hand with both parents and students to improve discipline in schools. Lastly, similar studies
should be done in other areas to enable comparison and contrasting of home based factors
influence on student discipline in the country
Citation
Master of Education, University of Nairobi, 2014Publisher
University of Nairobi
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- Faculty of Education (FEd) [5979]