Empirical Application of Behavioural Modification Techniques to Classroom Control in Business Education.

Abstract

Teens and adolescents are cumbered with a lot of emotional, social and behavioural problems affecting their attitude to studies. Many teachers are confronted with the application of the theories they have learnt during their training into real-life situations. Thus, they resulted in the use of the conventional method of negative reinforcement in dealing with students misbehaviours. This paper, therefore, provides a pragmatic guide on the use of positive reinforcement through behaviour modification techniques to classroom management with a focus on business education courses. Techniques like shaping, modelling, etc are mentioned. The theory, process and relevance to teaching-learning situations are presented as a more acceptable therapeutic intervention to the use of punishment and castigation. Organising conferences and seminars for teachers, as well as publications on behavioural modification technique by the ministry of education are strongly recommended.