Influence of head teachers’ leadership styles on pupils’ academic performance in public primary schools in Biharamulo District, Tanzania.

Kajugusi, Leandra (2022) Influence of head teachers’ leadership styles on pupils’ academic performance in public primary schools in Biharamulo District, Tanzania. Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

This study intended to explore the influence of head teachers’ leadership styles on pupils’ academic performance in public primary schools in Biharamulo District, Tanzania. The specific objectives included to: identify the leadership styles used by head teachers; establish the influence of head teachers' leadership styles on teachers' job satisfaction; identify the influence of head teachers’ leadership styles on pupils’ academic performance in public primary schools; and find out the strategies to improve head teachers’ leadership styles for pupils’ academic performance at Biharamulo District, Tanzania. The mixed research approach and descriptive survey research design guided the study. A simple random sampling technique was used to select a sample of 94 head teachers and primary school teachers who responded to questionnaires and interviews. The study findings revealed that the democratic leadership style is the most commonly used in primary schools in the district. The findings also revealed that leadership styles relate to teachers’ job satisfaction through motivation. Moreover, the findings concluded that to improve leadership styles use among headteachers in primary schools there should be short or in-service courses to strengthen their styles or head teachers should be taught about leadership before assuming their office. The researcher recommended that head teachers should use democratic leadership styles by collecting opinions from subordinates or teachers before making decisions; and focus their leadership onto academic performance attainment of students and not for their good. Keywords: Leadership styles, pupils’ academic performance, public primary schools, Biharamulo District

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