The level of Aggressive Behaviors among students of Elementary Stage at Private Schools in Ramallah and Al-Bireh Directorate as Perceived by their Teachers

Abstract

This study aims to show the level of aggressive behaviors among students of

the elementary stage at private schools in Ramallah and Al-Bireh Directorate as perceived by their teachers.

 In addition, it discovers the reasons behind their aggressive behavior, and the role of some factors such as teachers' gender, their education's level, their experience, and number of students in the class.

To accomplish this goal, the researcher used descriptive method. She had selected a sample of 104 female and male teachers from the Ramallah and Al-Bireh private schools. She gave each teacher a 3 levels questionnaire consisting of 34 items. The results showed that aggressive behavior towards the others ranges between average and little. It also shows that that students' aggressive behavior towards properties is little.

As for students' verbal and physical aggressive behavior towards themselves is little.

This study also shows that male students are more aggressive than female students. And their aggressive behavior’s level is not affected by the teacher’s educational level, their experience and the number of students in the classroom.