Educational resources and teachers’ productivity in selected secondary schools in Awendo Division, Rongo District, Kenya
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2013-11
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Kampala international international : College of Education,Open and distance Learning
Abstract
his study was designed to find out the relationship between educational resources and teachers’ productivity. The study was guided by four specific objectives which included the following )objectives: To determine the profile of the respondents in respect to age and gender to determine ie level of Educational resources in secondary schools in Awendo Division Kenya, to determine the ~vel of teacher productivity in Awendo Division secondary schools, Rongo District Kenya, to etermine the relationship between Educational resources and teachers’ productivity in Awendo ivision secondary schools. Methodology: The study deals with research design, population, sample, sampling procedure, validity and reliability, data analysis, procedure, ethical concerns and limitations. his was descriptive correlational survey designs. Correlation design was used because the study was interested in relating educational resources and with teachers’ productivity. The division has 11 ~condary schools and 207 teachers and 560 form four students. The data gathered was collated, ncoded into the computer and statistically treated using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences PSS).Data on completed questionnaire was edited, categorized or coded and entered into the mputer SPSS to summarize them, using simple and complex frequency tables or cross-tabulations. he same package was used to analyze data further, by computing relative frequencies, means, :andard deviations and other relevant statistics for the first, second and third objectives. Findings he study found out that the level of educational resources in Awendo division is generally fair in ~rms of human, material and physical resources. Under objective one, the study found out that as ncerns age, 75% of the respondents were aged between 15 and 20, where as 25% were above 20 ears old. Individuals have perceived and acknowledged the purpose and function of resource in Effective teaching and learning. Hallack (1990) emphasized that the availability, relevance and ~adequacy of educational resource items contribute to academic achievement and that unattractive :hool buildings, crowded classrooms, non-availability of playing ground and surroundings that have D aesthetic beauty can contribute to poor academic performance. Fuller (1985) discovered that :students who had used two or more books were almost three times better than those who had no ~textbooks in school. Conclusion This section gives the conclusion of the study in relation to the study ~objectives and hypotheses; The study concluded that; The number of boys is bigger than the number girls in Awendo Division secondary schools though this difference is not that big. Many students this division in form four are in the age bracket of between 15-20 years. The level of educational ~sources in Awendo division is generally less sufficient in terms of human, material and physical ~sources. The level of teachers’ productivity is low. There is a strong positive relationship between educational resources and teachers’ productivity. Recommendations: Basing on the findings of the -st objectives, the researcher recommends that if teachers’ productivity is to be improved in Awendo ivision, then school management and the government should focus more on improving and creasing manpower than focusing on beautifying physical resources. However physical resources -e importance but should be improved hand in hand with other resources. Physical resources alone can not improve students’ teachers’ productivity however good or adequate they are unless they are supplemented by other resources. Basing on the findings of the second objective/hypothesis, the researcher recommends that if teachers’ productivity is to be improved in Awendo Division, then :hool management and the government should try to do whatever they can to recruit, train and maintain adequate human resources. A similar study can be conducted using management as an intervening factor, since it is assumed that without good management, even resources are prevalent, ~performance may not be good. Another study may be conducted to find out the relationship between ~members of students in a class and teachers’ productivity. A similar study can be done to find out how teachers’ work load affect students’ performance
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A thesis presented to the school of post graduate studies and research Kampala International University Kampala Uganda in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of
Master of Special Needs Education
Keywords
Educational resources, Teachers’ productivity, Awendo Division, Rongo District, Kenya