Behavioural problems are bad, unacceptable behavioural in a given society. Behavioural problems (maladjustment)is defined as bad or unsatisfactory adjustment of behaviour (Webster Encyclopedia unabridged dictionary, 1994). Ross (1980) views behavioural problems to be presented when a child emits behaviour that deviates on arbitrary and relative social norm in that it occurs with a frequency or intensity that authoritative adults in the child’s environment judge under the circumstances to be either high or too low.

From the perspective of public welfare and safety personality disorder or maladjustment was defined as an antisocial personality which is marked by a long-term of irresponsible, impulsive, unscrupulous, even criminal behaviour beginning in childhood or early adolescence (Berstein, Roy, Srull, and Wickers, 1991). To the teacher, the meaning of behavioural problem in the classroom situation “is a higher or explicit attempt to give a symbolic interactionist account of discipline problems in the calassroom (Stebbings, 1970).

CHAPTER ONE

1.0BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

1.1     INTRODUCTION

1.2STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

1.3PURPOSE OF THE STUDY

1.4SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

1.5   ASSUMPTION OF THE STUDY 

1.6RESEARCH QUESTION

1.7SCOPE OF THE STUDY

1.8    LIMITATION OF THE STUDY

1.9OPERATIONAL DEFINITION OF TERMS

CHAPTER TWO

2.0     REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

2.1  INTRODUCTION

2.2THE CONCEPT OF MALADJUSTMENT AND THE CLASSROOM

2.3CAUSES AND SOURCES OF MALADJUSTMENT

2.4HOME FACTOR

2.5LOCALITY OF SOCIAL AND UNHYGIENIC SCHOOL PRACTICES

2.6THE TYPES OF MALADJUSTMENT AMONG PUPILS.

2.7     BEHAVIOURAL PROBLEMS AND HOW TO MANAGE THEM IN CHILDREN

2.8TEACHER’S VIEW OF BEHAVIOURAL PROBLEMS OF PUPILS

CHAPTER THREE

3.0    RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

3.1     INTRODUCTION

3.2RESEARCH DESIGN 

3.3AREA OF STUDY

3.4POPULATION

3.4SAMPLE AND SAMPLING TECHNIQUES

3.5INSTRUMENT FOR DATA COLLECTION 

3.6VALIDATION OF THE INSTRUMENT 

3.7RELIABILITY OF THE STUDY

3.8PROCEDURE FOR DATA COLLECTION 

3.9METHOD OF DATA ANALYSIS

CHAPTER FOUR

4.0DATA PRESENTATIONS AND ANALYSIS

4.1Introduction

4.1Presentation of Result

4.2Summary of Findings

4.3Data Analysis

CHAPTER FIVE

5.0SUMMARY, RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSION

5.1SUMMARY

5.2MAJOR FINDINGS

5.3DISCUSSION OF FINDINGS

5.4IMPLICATION OF FINDINGS

5.5RECOMMENDATIONS

5.6 SUGGESTION FRO FURTHER STUDY

5.7CONCLUSION 

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