The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between teacher's discipline style perceived by elementary school students and the level of children's school happiness.
The research questions were set up as follows:
First, is there any dif...
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between teacher's discipline style perceived by elementary school students and the level of children's school happiness.
The research questions were set up as follows:
First, is there any difference in level of children's school happiness according to children's gender and grade?
Second, is there any meaningful relationship between that class teacher's discipline style and level of children's school happiness?
For this study, 807 4th,5th,and 6th grade elementary school in Pusan were selected. And 754 questionnaires were used for analysis, while 53 questionnaires went uncompleted. ANOVA and ANOVA, Multivariate Analysis of Variance and Multiple Regression Analysis were used for compiling statistics of collected data.
The result of this study was as follows:
First, the result examining the difference of school happiness according to children's gender and grades is that there is no difference on school happiness according to children's gender. But the higher the grade is, the lower school happiness. And the higher the grade is, the lower the relationships with friends, the relationships with teacher, self-efficacy, satisfaction with environment, pleasure of learning activities and psychological stability which are all sub-variables of school happiness.
Second, the result examining relationship between teacher's discipline style and school happiness was produced as when the class teacher's discipline style is democratic, school happiness is most influenced. In addition, the result differentiating grades was that school happiness is most influenced in 4th, 5th and 6th grades when a class teacher's discipline style is democratic.
The following conclusion was drawn on the basis of the above findings:
First, children's school happiness was changed along their grades and the higher the grade is, the lower school happiness.
Second, when a class teacher's discipline style of elementary school which children perceive is democratic, school happiness is most influenced. And class teachers' discipline of 4th, 5th and 6th grades are demacratic, school happiness is most influenced.