PHD-Department of Educational Management Policy & Curriculum Studies.: Recent submissions
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Effect of School Heads’ Transformational Leadership Practices on Students’ Academic Achievement in Public Senior High Schools in Kumasi Metropolitan, Ghana
(Kenyatta University, 2020-07)Transformational leadership practices have the capacity to deal with the leadership ills confronting secondary education in Ghana. The study sought to determine the effect of school heads’ idealized influence, inspirational ... -
Effect of Teacher Professional Development on Achievement in Kenya Certificate of Primary Examination in Kirinyaga County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2019)Teacher professional development is a critical component of educational reforms and school improvement that is focused on enhancing learning outcomes for all children. Continuing Professional Development plays a key role ... -
Efficacies of Kenya Education Management Institute Induction Course on Management Practices for Public Primary Schools in Nairobi City County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2019-10)To address gaps in management of public primary schools and provision of quality education, the Ministry of Education periodically supports head teachers of public primary schools to undertake induction courses in education ... -
Principals’ Leadership Styles and Their Relationship with Teachers’ Job Satisfaction in Siaya, Kisumu And Kajiado Counties in Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2019-05)While there is general agreement the world over, that the principal’s leadership style has a remarkable effect on teachers’ job satisfaction, little is known about Kenya particularly in the area of full-range leadership. ... -
The Relationship between Job Satisfaction and Job Performance among University Academic Staff in Tanzania
(Kenyatta University, 2019-02)Job satisfaction and job performance have aroused interest in scholarly debates due to their importance and impact on organizational productivity. The purpose of this study was to examine academic staff’s job satisfaction ... -
Implementation of Quality Assurance Guidelines and their Influence on Quality Education in Selected Public Universities in Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2019-06)Despite the Inter University Council of East Africa (IUCEA) and Commission for University Education (CUE) providing guidelines for assuring quality of education in universities, there have been concerns by various stakeholders ... -
Influence of Head Teachers’ Leadership Practices on Teachers’ Job Satisfaction in Nakuru and Nairobi Catholic Private Primary Schools, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2019-04)High quality teaching staff is the cornerstone of a successful educational system. To attract and retain quality teaching staff, sessional papers 12 of 2012 and 14 of 2012 urged head teachers to establish strategies for ... -
Effectiveness of Principals’ Instructional Supervision in Enhancing Teacher Professional Development in Public secondary Schools in Nairobi and Kajiado Counties, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2019-06)Schools are the suitable and central places where formal education can be accessed and sustained. In order to achieve high standards of education in a country, the utmost aim of schools therefore, should be to improve the ... -
Effectiveness of Instructional Supervision by Quality Assurance Officers on Quality of Education in Secondary Schools in Nairobi and Machakos Counties, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2019-04)The concern of guaranteeing quality education provision in educational institutions has aroused scholarly interests globally. In Kenya, with the creation of the Directorate of Quality Assurance and Standards (DQAS) whose ... -
Dependability of Students Learning Outcomes on Performance Appraisal for Teachers in Public Secondary Schools in Kisii County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2019-03)The underlying purpose of performance appraisal for teachers is to promote quality teaching and student learning outcomes. However, there is a dearth of research-based literature on dependability of student learning outcomes ... -
Influence of Teacher Participation in Decision-Making on Job Motivation in Public Secondary Schools in Nyeri, Nairobi and Kajiado Counties, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2018-10)The extent to which teachers participate in decision-making is a determining factor on their job motivation. The way principals relate with teachers is important in management of schools. Shared governance is identical to ... -
Computer Aided Instruction and Performance In Kiswahili Language Skills among Public Secondary Schools in Nakuru County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2019-03)The Ministry of Education initiated the integration of computer technologies in teaching of school curriculum in order to enhance quality of education in Kenya. Poor performance in Kiswahili subject skills has been ... -
Implementation of Child-Friendly Schools Initiative and its Influence on Quality Education in Primary Schools in Nairobi and Kajiado Counties, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2019-06)The quality of education provided in Kenyan public primary schools is reportedly on a downwards trend. It is out of this concern that the Ministry of Education, in partnership with United Nations Children’s Education ... -
Student Participation in Decision Making in Secondary Schools and its Influence on Student Discipline in Tharaka-Nithi and Nairobi Counties, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2018)The recurrent student indiscipline in form of unrests in secondary schools and their incessant desire to destroy school property probably reflects the feeling of alienation rather than of ownership of the schools they ... -
Career Plateauing and its Relationship with Turnover Intentions and Pursuit of Postgraduate Studies among Teachers in Nyandarua and Murang’a Counties, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2018)Teachers in Kenya exhibit signs of career plateauing, and are registering for post-graduate courses in large numbers. This study investigated whether teachers‟ pursuit of post-graduate studies is a result of career plateauing, ... -
Hidden Costs and their Impact on Students’ Participation in Basic Education, Rwanda
(Kenyatta University, 2018-11)Implementation of Fee-Free Schooling Policy is Rwanda’s strategy to ensure equity and access to basic education. However, since the implementation of this policy, thousands of students have failed to participate in basic ... -
School safety and its influence on teaching and learning processes in public secondary schools in Nairobi and Nyeri Counties, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2018-06)School safety is crucial for effective teaching and learning. It provides an opportunity for students to exploit and maximize their potential for learning, growth and development. An unsafe school environment; however, ... -
Influence of instructional leadership practices on academic performance in public secondary schools in Machakos County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2018-07)Instructional leaders aim at improving the effectiveness of instruction in order to increase the achievement of all students. These leaders should know when, how, and why to initiate and sustain instructional change, create ... -
Academic self-concept, motivation and resilience as predictors of mathematics achievement among secondary school students in nairobi county, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2018-06)Teachers’ participation in the management of change has been highlighted as a significant contributor to teacher motivation. The purpose of this study was to establish the level of teachers’ participation in management ... -
Tutors’ Perceptions and Use of Multimedia Computer Laboratories in Selected Public Primary Teacher Training Colleges in Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2017-10)Teacher training has over the years used chalk and talk as the main delivery method but in the recent past, it has attempted to integrate new approaches such as the use of Computer Technology (CT). Towards this end, the ...
