The Impact of Leadership Styles on Academic Performance in Selected Secondary School in Arusha City Council, Tanzania
The Impact of Leadership Styles on Academic Performance in Selected Secondary School in Arusha City Council, Tanzania

Author: Philip Eric Akech

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Published: 2017-10-09

Total Pages: 44

ISBN-13: 9783668543126

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Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2016 in the subject Pedagogy - The Teacher, Educational Leadership, grade: A (5.0), course: Personal Research Project Report, language: English, abstract: A study was done on the Impact of Leadership Styles on Academic Performance In Selected Secondary Schools and aim of the study was to find out the Impact of Leadership Styles on Academic Performance in Selected Secondary Schools. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of leadership style on the secondary schools heads on their academic performance in selected secondary in Arusha city council. Theoretical framework was grouped on the types of leadership and the academic performance; the study used survey design assessing the impact of leadership style on academic performance in secondary schools in Arusha City Council. It involved seventy (70) respondents in selected secondary schools in Arusha City. Empirical data was collected using questionnaires and SPSS was used as a tool to analyze data. The findings indicated that, there is significance relationship between leadership style and the academic performance. The findings further indicated that, the types of leadership style used in selected secondary used in secondary school was participative and encourage relationship among the teachers, The study discovered that teachers are involved in decision making. There was positive impact of participatory leadership style of school heads that dominates the area on the academic performance in selected secondary Arusha City Council. In the light of this study it is recommended that the authorities are responsible for making educational policies and design to provide training and development programmes to head of schools to serve as reference policy decision on leadership.

Leadership Styles and Parental Involvement
Leadership Styles and Parental Involvement

Author: Shanell Williams Butler

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Published: 2011

Total Pages: 67

ISBN-13:

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The purpose of this study was to determine if there was a statistical significance between elementary principals' leadership styles and their school's level of parental involvement in six selected schools in southwestern Alabama. This study was a correlational quantitative research design. Principals' Leadership Styles were self-assessed by the Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI) developed by Kouzes and Posner (2003). The LPI consisted of 30 statements and the principals were asked to rank what they would typically do regarding given behaviors. The LPI measured five different areas of leadership. Data from this study indicated that the identified principals did not all demonstrate a high abundance of leadership behaviors in the same areas. The two areas in which all principals displayed high scores were Encourage the Heart and Model the Way. Parents' Sign-In logs were used to gather data on parental involvement hours within the schools. The researcher referenced the number of hours parents spent within the schools and divided that by the number of students within the school to derive an average parental involvement hours per student. A demographic questionnaire was used to gather information from the principals. A breakdown of demographic information was also used when compiling data from the surveys. Findings from the study revealed that there is not a statistical significance between principals' leadership styles and their schools' level of parental involvement. Data showed that the number of parental involvement hours varied from school to school and there was no significant relationship between principal's leadership styles and parental involvement.