Browsing by Author "Ojanen, Osmo-Matias"

The study deals with non-productive activities in the primary school context as experienced by teaching staff. At the center of the teaching staff's experience has been a non-productive student. The study material consists of 87 responses, of which 63 were selected for this study. The material was collected during the CICO (check in, check out) training in autumn 2017 and spring 2018. The responses of these study were analyzed by data-based qualitative content analysis. The theoretical part of the study is linked to the definitions of students' non-productive behavior, the school's non- productive studies in general and the ecological classroom model. The method of data analysis has been influenced by Hood's (2007) generic inductive qualitative research model (IQRM). The study emphasizes the subjective experiences of the teaching staff on students' non-productive behaviors, with the emergence of other non-productive themes in the school context. The research results formed the model of the teaching staff's experiences of non-productive activities in primary school. The aim of this study was also to provide information that could help to increase the understanding of the phenomenon of non-productivity to the needs of the elementary school teaching staff in general. According to the results of the research, teachers' experiences of pupils' non-productive behavior at primary school were related not only to the students' own activities but also to the teaching staff, school culture, caregivers and school stakeholders. In addition, the background factors related to the non- productive and productive activities of the school were mapped. Pupils' unproductive behavior seems to be well known to the teaching staff in the school context. Although the phenomenon is recognized and other factors related to the school context can be identified, schools should consider, among other things, what proactive and collaborative interventions for non- productive behavior of pupils would be good to develop.