PROSPECTUS
Research area: Foreign Language Education
Research Topic: Classroom management / Lack of attention.
Research Problem: The problem is the current lack of attention in
students during the English classes, which causes disruptive behaviors and low
students achievement.
Background
of the problem: Many
students have trouble staying focused in the classroom. This is often
especially true for elementary-age children. A student's lack of attention can
translate into big trouble when it comes to learning the required subject
matter, and can also cause him to become disruptive (Saafir, 2008).
Inattention, hyperactivity are the core symptoms of Attention Deficit
Hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and according to Forness & Kavale 2001
child’s academic success is often dependent on his or her ability to attend to
task teacher and classroom expectation with minimal distraction, when a child
exhibits behaviors associated with ADHD, consequences may include difficulties
with academics and with forming relationship with his/her peers.
Problem
statement: Lack attention is
a classification widely used today, in the educational setting. As a result children have difficulty
maintaining attention and focus long enough to appropriately process and
respond. (Davis, 2012)
The problem at Liceo La Pradera in Monteria, Colombia
is the bad manner in which lack of attention influence the teachers planning.
Teachers expect their classes have the order and the development which they
have planned, however is common that it does not happen. Constantly the models
of the classes that teachers have established in their lessons are not carried
out due to the disruption of the students in the class caused by their lack of
attention. This is a qualitative research that will explore and understand the
reasons why lack attention can influence the behavior of students. We used case
study methodology by taking observations and writing notes showing evidence of
what we have seen taking into account what is written in the background. The
methods used for data collection were interviews and survey that were applied
in teachers and students from the school mentioned above.
Purpose
statement: The purpose
of this study will be to explore how teachers face the students’ lack of
attention, what type of methodology teachers apply when this issue takes place
in the classroom. People involved in this study will be teachers and students.
The population will consist more exactly of a teacher from primary and four
students from the same level. The data collection methods will be interviews
with the teacher and observations carried out during classes.
Significance
of the study: This study
is significant for teachers because it helps them to apply effective strategies
which can be used to avoid students’ disruptive behaviors triggered by their
lack of attention. This study is also important for students because it helps
them to acknowledge all those patterns that in somehow influence badly in their
learning process. In addition it is significant for the school because this study
helps them to acknowledge the specific factors regarding to lack of attention that
do not let students to have a high lesson achievement.
Methodology: A case study is used to describe an
intervention or phenomenon from the real-life context in which it occurred, it
should be considered when the focus of the study is to answer “how” and “why”
question (Yin, 2003). That is to describe aspects or factors involved in the
students’ lack of attention that promote disruption.
Research
Questions
Central
question
o
What
strategies do English teachers use to avoid lack of attention in the classroom?
Sub-question
o
What
strategies do English teachers use to deal with students’ disruptive behaviors
in the classroom?
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