Effectiveness of instructional supervision and its impact on primary school pupils academic achievement in Masinga division Machakos county Kenya

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dc.contributor.authorMuthoka, W Samuel
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-01T09:36:46Z
dc.date.available2014-10-01T09:36:46Z
dc.date.issued2014-10-01
dc.descriptionMaster Degree in Educational Management 52p. June, 2014en_US
dc.description.abstractIn Masinga primary schools in Kenya, one can argue that effectiveness of in-schools instructional supervision is in question, this is because these schools have continued to produce poor performing pupils year in year out while teaching practices have been said to be poor. This created the need for this study to find out the effectiveness of inschool instructional supervision on primary school pupils academic achievement in Masinga division Machakos county Kenya. This was done by addressing the following specific study objectives, to identify types of in-school instructional supervision methods employed in primary schools in Masinga division, to ascertain the effect of in-school instructional supervision methods employed on the pupils academic achievements, to assess strategies used to improve instructional supervision methods within primary schools in Masinga division and to determine the challenges facing instructional supervision methods within primary schools in Masinga division. To do this, the following research questions were used, what are the types of in-school instructional supervision methods employed in primary schools within Masinga division, which are the effects of in-school instructional methods employed on the pupils academic achievements, what strategies are used to improve instructional supervision methods within primary schools in Masinga division and lastly which are the challenges facing instructional supervision methods within primary schools Masinga division. An ex-post facto research design was used to carry out this study. The study population consisted of the 32 primary schools in the Masinga division. The target population for this study included the primary school head teacher, and teachers. Simple random sampling was used to select the respondents needed for this study and structured questionnaires and interview schedule was used to collect information from the respondents which were then analyzed using of SPSS to get percentages and frequencies. Study results showed that (20%, n=38, 50%, n=12) noted that instructional supervision method was very effective in their schools, (22.1%,n=42,50%,n=12) said that the supervision style employed was effective, (10.5%,=n=20) said that the instructional supervision method was moderately effective in their school,(21.6%, n~41) noted that they were very poor while the remaining (25.8%,n=49) said that is was poor. As far as the impacts of instructional supervision methods on pupils academic achievement, (42.1%, n=80, 100%, n=24) noted that it their instructional supervision style improved pupils academic achievement, (19.5%, = 37) said that it had no impact on academic achievement, while the remaining (38.4%, n=73) observed that in-school instructional supervision methods had reduced the pupils academic achievements. In conclusion, in-school instructional supervision methods in Masinga division based on the study results is slightly effective; however this does not seem to have any impact on pupils' academic achievement. It is therefore the researchers' recommendation that teachers be given in-service training to improve their teaching capabilities while the principal and the deputy need to put more effort in in-school instructional supervision as well as adopt only instructional supervision styles that have been proven to work. All ethical issues pertaining to research were observed during the entire process of this studyen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipKenyatta Universityen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/11327
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.titleEffectiveness of instructional supervision and its impact on primary school pupils academic achievement in Masinga division Machakos county Kenyaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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