student misbehavior

School – Based violence has been recognized as a major educational challenge (UNESCO, 2019). In Uganda, and particularly in urban centers such as Mbale City, reports of student misconduct, peer influence, and group-related conflicts are becoming more common. These challenges not only affect academic performance but also threaten the safety and well-being of learners. Therefore, this study examined the causes, effects, and prevention strategies of school-based violence and gang activity in Mbale City. This study adopted a mixed-approach design, combining literature review with contextual observations in the community whereby Secondary data was obtained from text-books, reports, academic publications and newspapers. Studies indicated that violence in schools negatively affects learners’ academic performance, psychological well-being, and social development (UNESCO, 2019; UNICEF, 2018). Locally, informal observations and reported cases in Mbale City suggested increasing incidents of bullying, student grouping, fighting among students, Intimidation and harassment, Group-based conflicts and indiscipline. The study identified key contributing factors such as peer pressure, family background, Weak school discipline systems (Gottfredson, 2001), Exposure to violence in media and community influence, Overcrowding in some schools and school environment. This further highlighted that effective prevention requires a combination of school-based interventions, parental involvement, and policy support. In Mbale City, these activities remain significant challenges in education and these issues are increasingly visible which require urgent attention according to media reports (Daily monitor 2026, April 17). The study concludes that a coordinated approach is essential in promoting safe and supportive learning environments by combining global research with local understanding to strengthen discipline systems and supervision, Guidance and counseling services in schools, student behavior monitoring by parents and Government’s support to policies that promote school safety.

Even though there is a lot of research that examines the types of student misbehavior at school, there seems to be little research that discusses the causes of student misbehavior during English classes in the high school context. Considering various previous studies conducted by many researchers from different contexts and backgrounds, in this study, the researcher conducted this research with the aim of identifying types of student misbehavior and the causes of misbehavior carried out by students through classroom observations during learning and conducting activities. interviews with teachers at high schools. This research uses naturalistic observation and semi-structured interviews at a state high school in Yogyakarta. Apart from that, descriptive qualitative methods were used to know at the types of student delinquency and the causes of this delinquency in senior high school. The data was analyzed by referring to the categories developed by Debreli & Ishanova (2019), namely: playing handphone, lacking motivation, talking too much, using mother tongue, and asking irrelevant questions. The finding of this research found that the types of misbehavior that students most often engage in are playing with mobile phones during the learning process, secondly the lack of motivation and enthusiasm for student learning which makes students not focus on class. Apart from that, the causes of this behavior were explained by the class teacher, namely that students were easily provoked if someone asked them to chat and students were inconsistent with the rules made by the teacher in using cellphones in class, and there was misbehavior outside the categories that had been developed in previous research, namely students who likes to skip class during class hours. Therefore, the causes of students' misbehavior in English class are interrelated.

اگرچه پژوهش‌های بسیاری به بررسی انواع رفتارهای ناهنجار دانش‌آموزان در مدرسه پرداخته‌اند، به نظر می‌رسد تحقیقات اندکی به علل رفتارهای ناهنجار دانش‌آموزان در کلاس‌های زبان انگلیسی در بستر دبیرستان پرداخته‌اند. با توجه به مطالعات پیشین متعددی که توسط پژوهشگران مختلف از زمینه‌ها و پیشینه‌های متفاوت انجام شده است، پژوهشگر در این مطالعه با هدف شناسایی انواع رفتارهای ناهنجار دانش‌آموزان و علل بروز این رفتارها از طریق مشاهده کلاسی در حین یادگیری و انجام مصاحبه با معلمان دبیرستان‌ها، این پژوهش را انجام داده است. این پژوهش از مشاهده طبیعی و مصاحبه نیمه‌ساختاریافته در یک دبیرستان دولتی در یوگیاکارتا بهره برده است. افزون بر این، روش کیفی توصیفی برای شناسایی انواع بزهکاری دانش‌آموزان و علل این بزهکاری در دبیرستان به کار رفته است. داده‌ها با ارجاع به دسته‌بندی‌های ارائه‌شده توسط Debreli & Ishanova (2019) شامل: بازی با تلفن همراه، کمبود انگیزه، پرحرفی، استفاده از زبان مادری و پرسیدن سؤالات نامرتبط تحلیل شدند. یافته‌های این پژوهش نشان داد که شایع‌ترین نوع رفتار ناهنجار دانش‌آموزان، بازی با تلفن همراه در طول فرایند یادگیری است و در مرتبه دوم، کمبود انگیزه و اشتیاق به یادگیری که موجب عدم تمرکز دانش‌آموزان در کلاس می‌شود قرار دارد. همچنین، علل این رفتارها توسط معلم کلاس توضیح داده شد؛ از جمله اینکه دانش‌آموزان به‌راحتی تحریک می‌شوند اگر کسی آن‌ها را به صحبت دعوت کند و دانش‌آموزان در رعایت قوانین استفاده از تلفن همراه که توسط معلم تعیین شده، ثبات ندارند. افزون بر این، رفتار ناهنجاری خارج از دسته‌بندی‌های پژوهش‌های پیشین نیز مشاهده شد، از جمله دانش‌آموزانی که تمایل به ترک کلاس در ساعات درس دارند. بنابراین، علل رفتارهای ناهنجار دانش‌آموزان در کلاس زبان انگلیسی به هم مرتبط هستند.