The Influence of Effective Management of Schools on Teacher’s Performance in Primary Schools in Asaba
CHAPTER ONE
Objective of the study
The objectives of the study are;
- To ascertain the relationship between effective school management and teacher’s performance in primary school
- To ascertain the relationship between effective school management and pupil school performance
- To ascertain the factors that influence teacher’s effectiveness
CHAPTER TWO
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
Theoretical Literature Review
Adams (1965) in equity theory proposed that a fair balance should be struck between an employee’s inputs and the employee’s outputs, establishing this fair balance serves to ensure a strong and productive relationship with the employee. The end result will be contentment, motivation among the employees who otherwise will feel demotivated both in relation to their job and employer if they had a feeling that their inputs are greater than the outputs. The employees react to this imbalance differently; may be through reduced effort, absenteeism, becoming disgruntled or even exiting the organization. Therefore managers should seek to find a fair balance between the two ends. After a teacher has completed training and he or she has acquired additional knowledge and skills, how he or she views the balance may affect his or her performance. Predicted outcome value theory posits that people seek information in initial interactions and relationships to determine the benefits of interpersonal relationships by predicting the value of future outcomes whether positive or negative. If an employee predicts a positive outcome in the relationship, he or she gets attracted to the relationship but if he or she predicts a negative outcome, he or she pursues limited interactions or possibly terminates the relationship altogether, Sunnafrank (1986). If a teacher realizes that the training he or she undertook or is undertaking has a positive outcome, and then such a teacher will invest a lot in the training otherwise the teacher may want to have nothing to do with the training if a negative relationship is predicted. Kirkpatrick’s (1959) learning and training evaluation theory looks at learning and training evaluation aspects in four critical areas which are; reaction, learning, behavior and results. Reaction explains the response of the persons participating in the training experience. It explains the relevance the participants attach to a training session. On Learning, the Kirkpatrick’s (1959) theory looks at the increase in knowledge or intellectual capability before and after training. It looks at the new aspects that have been learned and at the relationship between what the learners have learned and what was intended to be the outcome.
CHAPTER THREE
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Research design
The researcher used descriptive research survey design in building up this project work the choice of this research design was considered appropriate because of its advantages of identifying attributes of a large population from a group of individuals. The design was suitable for the study as the study sought the influence of effective management of schools on teacher’s performance in primary schools in Asaba
Sources of data collection
Data were collected from two main sources namely:
(i)Primary source and
(ii)Secondary source
Primary source:
These are materials of statistical investigation which were collected by the research for a particular purpose. They can be obtained through a survey, observation questionnaire or as experiment; the researcher has adopted the questionnaire method for this study.
Secondary source:
These are data from textbook Journal handset etc. they arise as byproducts of the same other purposes. Example administration, various other unpublished works and write ups were also used.
CHAPTER FOUR
PRESENTATION ANALYSIS INTERPRETATION OF DATA
Introduction
Efforts will be made at this stage to present, analyze and interpret the data collected during the field survey. This presentation will be based on the responses from the completed questionnaires. The result of this exercise will be summarized in tabular forms for easy references and analysis. It will also show answers to questions relating to the research questions for this research study. The researcher employed simple percentage in the analysis.
DATA ANALYSIS
The data collected from the respondents were analyzed in tabular form with simple percentage for easy understanding.
A total of 133(one hundred and thirty three) questionnaires were distributed and 133 questionnaires were returned.
CHAPTER FIVE
SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
Introduction
It is important to ascertain that the objective of this study was to ascertain the influence of effective management of schools on teacher’s performance in primary schools in Asaba. In the preceding chapter, the relevant data collected for this study were presented, critically analyzed and appropriate interpretation given. In this chapter, certain recommendations made which in the opinion of the researcher will be of benefits in addressing the challenge of effective management of schools on teacher’s performance in primary schools
Summary
This study was on the influence of effective management of schools on teacher’s performance in primary schools in Asaba. Three objectives were raised which included: To ascertain the relationship between effective school management and teacher’s performance in primary school, to ascertain the relationship between effective school management and pupil school performance and to ascertain the factors that influence teacher’s effectiveness. In line with these objectives, two research hypotheses were formulated and two null hypotheses were posited. The total population for the study is 200 staffs of selected primary schools in Asaba. The researcher used questionnaires as the instrument for the data collection. Descriptive Survey research design was adopted for this study. A total of 133 respondents made headmasters, headmistresses, teachers and junior staffs were used for the study. The data collected were presented in tables and analyzed using simple percentages and frequencies
Conclusion
It is clear that management is one of the most important human activities that permeates all organizations including schools. When people work together for attainment of predetermined objectives, there is need for management. Many people consider organizational/ school climate too complex to be controlled. However, seasoned school administrators can improve school climate by making necessary changes that will move teachers from anxiety to confidence and from isolation to connection. It is obvious that the way school climate is managed plays a significant role on teachers job performance which in turn may have a negative or negative impact on students’ academic performance. The teachers on their parts have complained about principal’s leadership style, poor and unsafe environment. In other words, teachers feel that the way the school is managed seems to affect their output in terms of their job performance
Recommendation
Based on the findings of the study, the following recommendations were made:
- School administrators must endeavor to have qualified security operatives within the school environment while students with ungentlemanly character should be punished accordingly.
- Headmaster must be liberal in their dealing with teachers and student so as to enhance teachers’ job performance
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