1. Article Review Assignment (due date week 4 meeting)
Name: Nursheha Binti Mohd Hadzri
ID Number 2013780645
Title of Article :
Primary school teachers’ views about pupil control ideologies and
classroom management styles
Name of the
journal:
Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences
Volume : 4
Page number : 157-167
Year Publish : 2009
1. Overview
This journal is study about different classroom management styles. There are
four-category classroom management styles which are authoritarian, authoritative,
laissez-faire and indifferent. The determination of the present study is to define the
connection between primary school teacher’s views about pupil control ideologies
and classroom management styles. As we know, good classroom management is
very important to create better study environment. In addition classroom
management skills are related with pupil achievement.
Based on the current issues good classroom management had been
measured in creating an effective learning environment. Classroom management
skills by teachers are one of the main important elements of classroom management
styles. Other than that, teachers skills possibly will be based by theirs educational
background, self-efficiency perceptions in different fields, individual and
professional values and perspectives about education, people and teaching.
Classroom management styles are related with pupils control in classroom via
teacher.
This article used the Survey Model study try to answer the research
questions, and also descriptive statistics and Pearson correlation analysis were used
as data analysis. From the four-category classroom management styles, the author
said that primary teachers shown authoritarian classroom management style as

2. their common style. The decision is followed by authoritative, laissez-faire and
indifferent classroom management styles. Regarding to this article, the findings
show that primary school teachers are nearer to custodial control ideology such as
strict control, enforcement of orders, one way downward communication, and
distrust towards pupils, cruel punishments and taking undisciplined behavior as
personal offences.
The author also said that there is a correlation and sensible between
custodial control and authoritarian classroom management styles. The findings of
study shown that the more the custodial control ideology of participants follows, the
more the authoritative classroom management styles are detected.
2. Description of methodology
3. Evaluation
4. Discussion of implications