Truants’ and Teachers’ Behaviors in the Classroom

AbstractTeacher's behavior has a significant role in influencing the truanting behaviors among the students. The objective of this study is to identify the characteristics of teachers’ behavior which impact on truancy among secondary school students. The sample consisted of 472 truants who have routinely skipped school from 10 to more than 40 days per year. Information about the samples’ truancy was provided by the school administration. The findings indicated that there were 15 types of teachers’ behaviors which affect truant behaviors of students. The characteristics of ‘teacher serious in teaching’ has the highest mean and ‘teachers are biased toward male students’ has the lowest mean. Further analysis showed that there were significant differences in mean in the construct of teacher's behavior based on gender and type of school