Effects of Students’ Flow in M. ED. English Classroom

Abstract

This thesis entitled ‘Effects of Students’ Flow in M. Ed. English Classroom’ was carried out in partial fulfilment of the master’s degree in Education. The objective of the study was to find out effects of the excessive intake of the students without entrance exam for screening and planning in M.Ed. English classroom on classroom management, teacher-student interaction and facilities available. The researcher selected seventy students studying at M.Ed. first year in TU, using simple random sampling and ten teachers were selected from the Department of English Education using non-random purposive sampling. He used two sets of questionnaires consisting of closed-ended and open-ended questions to elicit the data. The major findings of the study were that the teachers were compelled to teach as the way that an untrained teacher does. Classroom management and teacher-student interaction was found highly affected. The classroom and library facilities were also affected due to student’s flow. The teaching and non-teaching staff was also found inadequate. Majority of the teachers and students were in favor of the implementation of the entrance examination to check this flow and to reduce its negative effects on teaching learning procedure inside the classroom. The thesis consists of four chapters. Chapter one includes general background, review of related literature, objectives of the study and significance of the study. Chapter two deals with methodology applied to carry out the research work. It consists of sources of data,sample population and sampling procedure, tools for data collection, process of data collection and limitations of the study. Chapter three presents the analyses and interpretation of the data collected from the respondents. Chapter four presents the findings and recommendations and pedagogical implications of the study. The references and appendices are given.