Abstract:
This study aimed at identifying the degree of school disciplinary councils' effectiveness from teachers point of view in public schools and their suggestions to improve their effectiveness in Nablus governorate to achieve this goal, a sample consisting of (520) men and women teachers, working in public schools in Nablus governorate, were chosen randomly. The researcher developed and used a questionnaire that measures degree of effectiveness of school disciplinary councils and difficulties facing them. The researcher depended upon a previous questionnaire developed by Jamil Smeirat (1994). This study endeavored to answer the following research questions:
1. What is the degree of school disciplinary councils' effectiveness from teachers' point of view in junior and high schools in Nablus governorate?
2. What is the degree of school suggestions to improve performance of school disciplinary councils in junior and high schools in Nablus governorate?
3. Doesn't the degree of effectiveness of school disciplinary councils differ according to sex, experience, academic qualification, school stage, site of school, number of students in the school participation in disciplinary councils, and type of school? Based of the a forementioned research questions, the researcher formulated the following hypotheses:
- There are no statistically significant mean differences at (α= 0.05) in school disciplinary councils' effectiveness from teachers' point of view in public junior and high school in Nablus govenorate which may by attributed to sex, school stage, site of school, academic qualification, experience, participation or involvemeant in disciplinary councils type of school and number of students in the school. The researcher used arithmetic means, frequencies, percentages, and t-test for two independent sets. Ile also used (ANOVA), Scheffe Test for comparison of domains among the arithmetic averages. All these were completed to answer and test the questions and hypotheses respectively.
Findings:
-The degree of school disciplinary councils' effectiveness was found to be high. "The average of responses was (3.63) degrees.
-The school teachers provided (24) suggestions to improve the effectiveness of school disciplinary councils. All their suggestions were in line with the expected role of these councils.
-There were no statistically significant differences at (α =0.05) in the school disciplinary councils' effectiveness which may be due to sex, school stage, site of school, academic qualification, and experience. lowever, it was found out that they were statistically significant mean differences at (α =0.05) in the school disciplinary councils effectiveness which may he due to participation in a disciplinary council, type of school, and number of students in the school. In the light of these findings, the researcher recommends that teachers, students, and parents are educated about the tasks of school disciplinary councils. Ile also calls for the expansion of powers given to school disciplinary councils and teachers involved in school discipline.
Furthermore, the directorates of education and the Ministry of Education should implement the disciplinary councils' resolutions without any veto. The disciplinary councils' should hold regular meetings. Mere is also no need for the so-called gradual punishment. There is a need for the introduction of a special penalty for those who curse religion, Allah, and teachers. Finally, the researcher recommends that further studies be conducted on the school disciplinary process.