Unmasking School Indiscipline: A Journey through Thematic Exploration of Literature

Literature Review helps to situate a study in the context of already researched works on the topic. A lot has been written on the subject of school indiscipline. In this study, the writer conducted bibliographical research to explore literature from the period of 2015-2023 on the subject of school indiscipline, to help give understanding to the subject of school indiscipline and to aid future researchers on the topic of school indiscipline. The literature was sourced from books and prominent databases like Google and ResearchGate among others. The literature was reflected upon, discussed and implications drawn to guide the understanding of the subject of school indiscipline. The themes explored in the study were definitions of indiscipline, types of indiscipline acts in schools and causes of indiscipline in schools. The rest were nature and causes of indiscipline in Ghanaian schools, effects of indiscipline on academic performance and discipline policies of Ghana Education Service. Key implications drawn from the review included the need to see indiscipline as caused by both biological and environmental factors and the adoption of appropriate policies to address them.

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