Head teachers’ Leadership Styles and Students’ Academic Performance in Keumbu Division Secondary Schools, Kisii County Kenya
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2012-04
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Kampala International University, masters in Educational Management and Administration
Abstract
The study was about Head teachers’ leadership styles and students’ academic
performance in Keumbu division secondary schools, Kisii county. It was guided
by four objectives; establishing the profile of the respondents, type of head
teachers’ leadership styles, level of students’ academic performance, and finding
the relationship between leadership style an level of students’ academic
performance. Using descriptive correlational survey research design and export
factor design, the study employed a sample of 210 secondary school teachers in
all public secondary schools in the division. The study found out that male
teachers are more than female ones, the leading leadership style was discovered
to be the directing style, level of students academic performance was found to
be low and there is a significant positive relationship between the head teachers’
leadership styles and level of students’ academic performance. Based on the
findings of the study, the following are recommended; that Head teachers should
be taken for refresher courses in leadership courses frequently as possible. This
will help them conform to acceptable management styles. Finally the researcher
recommends that the schools should provide forums in which teachers can freely
interact with their heads and share their opinions about their leadership styles.
All in all the schools should establish good working conditions helping the
teachers do their jobs effectively and efficiently.
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A Thesis Presented to the College of Higher Degrees and Research Kampala International University Kampala Uganda in Partial Fulfillment for the Degree Master of Educational Management and Administration
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Head teachers’ Leadership Styles and Students’ Academic Performance, Kisii County Kenya