Teacher motivation and performance of pupils in selected primary schools of Gatundu Division, Gatundu District Kenya.
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2008-11
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Kampala International University, School of Education
Abstract
The main purpose of the study was to investigate teacher motivation and performance of students in selected primary schools of Gatundu division, Gatundu district, Kenya. The specific objectives of the study were to determine; teacher motivation and academic performance of pupils, Teacher’s qualification and pupils achievement and School facilities and academic performance The methods used for data collection were questionnaires to the teachers and focus group discussions with the pupils The findings from the study indicated that 56% of the respondents said that teachers who are not motivated perform poorly which means that children do not perform well because they do not understand what they are taught and the teacher does not make any effort to make the children grasp what he/she is teachingJ2% of the respondents said that motivating teachers has improved pupils performance. The findings indicate that 78% of the respondents agreed that teachers who are not qualified do not teach well because they are not trained to teach and this therefore leads poor performance of pupils. According to the study 56% of the respondent’s schools that did not have enough learning and teaching materials did not perform well compared to those with enough learning and teaching The study recommended that the government should make sure that it encourages schools to motivate their teachers in order to produce better results. This aspect has been ignored by the education sector and yet it is very important
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A research report presented to the Institute of Open and Distance Learning in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the Award of Bachelor of Education Arts of Kampala International University
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Teacher Motivation, Performance of Pupils