Perspectives of upper primary school teachers on behavior problems of aggressive boys: A qualitative study

Pages: 98-101
Somy Thettayil and Rosalito De Guzman (The Graduate School, University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines)

The aim of the present study was to qualitatively analyze upper primary school teachers’ perspectives about the behavior problems of aggressive boys in the class room. Among the different types of qualitative research methods, phenomenology design was used in the study. The participants of the group interview were chosen purposively based on their class levels in which they teach. The data collected by using group interview technique. In phenomenological method thematic analysis includes coding, categorizing and making sense of the crucial meanings of the phenomenon. This study revealed that aggressive boys mainly experience expressive, inexpressive and relational issues and they felt difficulties in coping with these types of cognitive and social issues.

Keywords: aggression, perspectives, upper primary school teachers