Principals’ Administrative Managerial Skills as Correlates to Teachers’ Instructional Effectiveness in Public Secondary Schools, Central Gondar Zone, Ethiopia
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2024-04
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Kenyatta University
Abstract
School heads administrative managerial skills and teachers’ instructional
effectiveness is a global issue. It contributes to the quality of education across the
globe. In this essence, the study aimed at establishing the relationship between the
managerial skills of the school heads and the instructional effectiveness of the
teachers in public secondary schools, in the Central Gondar region, Ethiopia. The
researcher used the following objectives: to determine the relationship between the
conceptual managerial skills of the school heads and the instructional effectiveness
of the teachers, to identify the relationship between the human relation skills of the
heads and the instructional effectiveness of the teachers, to relate the technical skills
of the heads and the instructional effectiveness teachers. The study used an
explanatory correlational research design with a quantitative research approach. The
total study population was fifty heads, fifty vice heads, and one thousand five
hundred teachers, totaling one thousand six hundred target respondents. Due to their
small number and importance to the research, all school heads and vice heads were
selected using census technique. Three hundred seven educators were chosen using
simple random sampling techniques because of the homogeneity of the schools. The
closed-ended questionnaire was used for data collection for both heads, vice heads
and teachers. The expert-judgment was used to verify the content validity of the
instruments. The reliability of the instruments was tested using Cronbach's alpha test
score, which was above 0.7. The quantitative data were analyzed by using
percentage, frequency, mean, standard deviation, product-moment correlation
coefficient of Pearson. The study revealed that there was no statistically significant
association between the heads’ conceptual, human relations, and technical skills
with teachers ‘instructional effectiveness. The study concludes that there was no
statistically significant association between heads' conceptual, human relation, and
technical skills and teachers' instructional effectiveness. In light of the findings, the
Ministry of Education needs to develop policies that incorporate school leadership to
enable public secondary school heads to have an operational document with regards
to relevant skills for managing teachers to facilitate their instructional effectiveness
and school heads should be involved in seminars and workshops on issues of
management in education in order to enhance their administrative managerial skills
by acquiring new skills to enhance teachers’ instructional effectiveness.
Description
A Phd Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Award of the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Educational Administration) in the School of Education and Lifelong Learning of Kenyatta University, April 2024.
Supervisors
1. Florence Muthoni Itegi
2. Peter Nyaga Muchanje