Research Papers/Topics in Educational Leadership

THE EFFECT OF TEACHING UNSPECIALIZED SUBJECT AREA ON STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN KWABRE MUNICIPAL

ABSTRACT Teachers are the core influential aspect in students’ learning and achievement. This study was conducted in the Kwabre Municipal in the Ashanti region. The purpose of the study was to find the effect of teaching unspecialized subject on students’ academic performance. The study employed descriptive and inferential statistics. The study was conducted with a sample of 60 teachers. Primary data was collected from the Municipal through Selfadministering method for the study. The Reli...

ADMINISTRATIVE CHALLENGES FACING BASIC SCHOOL HEADS IN THE ATRONIE CIRCUIT OF THE SUNYANI MUNICIPAL EDUCATION DIRECTORATE

ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to find out the administrative challenges facing public Basic school head teachers in the Atronie circuit of the Sunyani Municipality. The design of the study was a descriptive survey design. Quantitative research approach was used for the study. The population for the study was made up of all basic school head teachers in the Atronie circuit of the Sunyani Municipality numbering 50 head teachers. Census sampling technique was used to select all the 50 r...

PERCEPTION OF LECTURERS ONUSE OF STUDENTS EVALUATION AS A PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT TOOL.

ABSTRACT The study was designed to investigate into the perception of University of Education, Winneba lecturers on the use of Student Evaluation of Lecturers as a feedback tool to enhance their instructional practices. A twenty-item Likert-scale type self-administered questionnaire was adopted from Machingambi and Wadesango (2011) and were distributed to 170 respondents drawn from a population of 416 lecturers of University of Education, Winneba. The data was analysed using descriptive stati...

PERCEPTION OF MOTIVATION PRACTICES OF MINING CAMPANIES ON EMPLOYEE MORALE: INSIGHTS FROM NEWMONT GHANA GOLD LIMITED

ABSTRACT The objectives of the study were to: identify employee motivation practices of Newmont Ghana; determine extent to which the motivation practices meet the expectations of the employees of the company; and determine employee perception of the effect of non-monetary motivation practices on their morale. Exiting literature on employee motivational practices helped generate questionnaire to collect data. Twenty items were pretested and appropriate corrections made to ensure the reliabilit...

EFFECTIVENESS OF SHARED RESPONSIBILITIES AMONG HEADTEACHERS OF BASIC SCHOOLS AT ASOKORE MAMPONG CIRCUIT IN THE ASHANTI REGION..

ABSTRACT The study investigated shared responsibilities of basic school headteachers at Asokore Mampong Circuit. The objectives of the study were to investigate the dominant responsibilities shared by headteachers of basic school, identify the factors that hinder effective sharing of responsibilities process in basic schools, and to determine how to improve effective shared responsibilities in basic schools at Asokore Mampong Circuit. Three research questions were formulated to guide the stud...

ANALYSIS OF CORPORAL PUNISHMENT IN SELECTED BASIC SCHOOLS IN ATWIMA KWANWOMA DISTRICT

ABSTRACT The rationale for this study is to do systematic investigation into the prevalence of corporal punishment, kinds of offences that attract corporal punishment, the long and short term effects of corporal punishment, and the alternatives to management of misbehavior. The design used for this work is descriptive survey. The researcher wanted to describe the characteristics of the targeted population and their phenomenon. This made the researcher to use descriptive survey. The investigat...

FEMALE MIGRATION AND DROPPING OUT OF SCHOOL IN PUBLIC BASIC SCHOOLS IN A LUMBERING COMMUNITY IN THE ASANTE AKIM SOUTH DISTRICT

ABSTRACT The study was conducted to explore female migration and drop out in the Ashanti Akim South district. The objectives of the study were to identify the perceived school factors that dominantly cause school dropouts, determine the perceived home factors that dominantly causes school dropouts and to find out the perceived effects of school dropouts in the district. The researcher used descriptive survey design with closed ended questionnaire as the research instrument for the study. The ...

THE INFLUENCE OF SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE ON STUDENTS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AT SELECTED BASIC SCHOOLS IN THE BOSOMTWE DISTRICT

ABSTRACT The study assessed the influence of school infrastructure on students’ academic performance in selected basic schools in the Bosomtwi District. The researcher used descriptive survey design for the study. This research employed quantitative research methods. The population for the study included head teachers, and teachers of three selected basic schools in the Bosomtwi District. The sample size was 39 respondents. The purposive sampling technique was used to select all the thirty ...

EFFECTIVENESS OF SHARED RESPONSIBILITIES AMONG HEADTEACHERS OF BASIC SCHOOLS AT ASOKORE MAMPONG CIRCUIT IN THE ASHANTI REGION

ABSTRACT The study investigated shared responsibilities of basic school headteachers at Asokore Mampong Circuit. The objectives of the study were to investigate the dominant responsibilities shared by headteachers of basic school, identify the factors that hinder effective sharing of responsibilities process in basic schools, and to determine how to improve effective shared responsibilities in basic schools at Asokore Mampong Circuit. Three research questions were formulated to guide the stud...

THE CORRELATION BETWEEN HEAD TEACHERS’ LEADERSHIP STYLES AND TEACHERS’ LEVELS OF JOB SATISFACTION IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN SEKYERE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF GHANA

ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to analyze the school system in the Sekyere Central District of Ghana to reveal the various types of leadership styles being practiced by head teachers of primary schools and relationship between these leadership styles teachers’ level of job satisfaction. This was to determine the extent to which Democratic, Autocratic and Laissez faire leadership influenced teachers’ job satisfaction. The sample size of the study was 66 teachers. The study adopted ...

FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE MOTIVATION OF PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS: A CASE STUDY OF THE TAMALE METROPOLIS

ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to assess the factors that influence the motivation of primary school teachers in the Tamale Metropolis in the Northern Region of Ghana. A descriptive survey design was employed. A questionnaire was used to gather data. A total of 250 primary school teachers in the Tamale Metropolis were selected for the study by using the probability proportional to size and the simple random sampling techniques. The quantitative data gathered in this research was analy...

TEACHERS PERCEPTION OF STAFF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PRACTICES IN PUBLIC SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE KWABRE EAST DISTRICT

ABSTRACT Teaching profession needs to be mastered, and teachers need to be developed. Investing in teachers' professional development is important. Hence, this study aims to look into the structure of staff professional development practices in the Ghana Education Service (GES), and determine the relationship that exist between staff professional development and teachers’ performance. To achieve this, the study sought the perception of teachers towards the staff professional development pra...

INFLUENCE OF LEADERSHIP BEHAVIOURS OF HEADS OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS ON ACEDEMIC PERFORMANCE OF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. THE CASE OF TAFO-PANKRONO CIRCUIT

ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to find out the leadership behaviours of school heads of public and private junior high school head teachers in Tafo–Pankrono circuit Sub in Kumasi Metropolis and its impact of the students’ academic performance. The sample for the study consisted of 120 teachers comprising of 60 from public schools and 60 from private schools, together with 9 public school head masters and other 9 private school head masters. Questionnaire in the form of likert form...

INFLUENCE OF HEAD TEACHERS’ LEADERSHIP PRACTICES ON SCHOOL CULTURE IN SELECTED SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE KWAHU WEST MUNICIPALITY

ABSTRACT Recent educational reform efforts have focused on creating effective school environment as a means of improving students’ achievement. Against this backdrop, there have been a surge in concerns that claim that success of educational reforms cannot be guaranteed without paying attention to school leadership. The main objective of the study was to examine the effects of head teachers’ leadership practices on school culture using Senior High Schools in the Kwahu-West municipality in...

PERCEPTION OF LECTURERS ONUSE OF STUDENTS EVALUATION AS A PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT TOOL

ABSTRACT The study was designed to investigate into the perception of University of Education, Winneba lecturers on the use of Student Evaluation of Lecturers as a feedback tool to enhance their instructional practices. A twenty-item Likert-scale type self-administered questionnaire was adopted from Machingambi and Wadesango (2011) and were distributed to 170 respondents drawn from a population of 416 lecturers of University of Education, Winneba. The data was analysed using descriptive stati...


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