A study of the Relationships between Elementary School Students’ Perceptions of Teachers’ Positive Disciplinary Tactics and Students’ Prosocial Behaviors in Kaohsiung City

• Main Authors: Hsin-chin Tsai, 蔡欣芹
• Other Authors: Tsung-li Wu
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/86647820340610916121

碩士 === 國立屏東教育大學 === 社會發展學系 === 97 === The purpose of this research aims to explore the correlation between elementary school students’ perceptions of teachers’ positive disciplinary tactics and students’ prosocial behaviors. This research took survey results of fourth and sixth grades from several public elementary schools in Kaohsiung City as subjects, adopted the methods of questionnaire survey, and sampled through stratified random sampling and cluster sampling. The effective samples are 558 in total. According to the statistical results, the conclusions are as follows: 1. Elementary school teachers can proficiently exercise positive disciplinary tactics, especially in “clear rule”. 2. Elementary school students mostly have good abilities of prosocial behaviors, and among the list of prosocial performances fields, “cooperation” ranked the highest. 3. It was generally easier for female students to comprehend the dynamics of teachers’ positive discipline than male students. 4. Students comprehended that female teachers generally exercise positive disciplinary tactics more effectivelly than male teachers. 5. Female students generally perform prosocial behaviors more frequently than male students. 6. Students who were taught by female homeroom teachers perform prosocial behaviors more frequently than students who were taught by males. 7. There is a positive relationship between the teachers’ positive disciplinary tactics and the students’ performance of prosocial behaviors. 8. Among teachers’ positive disciplinary tactics, “positive reinforcement” has the greatest influence on students’ prosocial behaviors. In the end, the research results should give mindful suggestions to educational organizations, elementary school teachers, and future studies.