PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS PROBLEMS AND STRATEGIES
CONCERNING WITH CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT
Nugrahani Fitriya Andriyani
Abstract
This study attempts to find the behavioral problems and strategies of pre-service teachers concerning with classroom management during Teaching Practicum in Senior High School context. It is intended to see what are the common behavior problems that usually appear during Teaching Practicum and how they deal with those problems with classroom management strategies. This study was conducted in 2014-2015 academic year. It used both quantitative and qualitative research procedures. The participants of the study were 10 pre-service teachers who are placed in SMA N 1 Salatiga during their Teaching Practicum. The data was collected by analysing pre-service teachers’ 60 journals and conducting semi-structured interview to get deeper information. The analysis of the data shows that there verbal interruption is one of behavioral problems that pre-service teachers frequently found during Teaching Practicum such as; noisy students, less-respectful students and hard
to grab the students’ attention. The strategies that pre-service teachers mostly apply
are teaching classroom routines and followed by some other strategies such as; consequences or punishmment, establishing classroom rules, giving choices whenever possible, praise and encouragement, and classroom arrangement.
