Teacher Understanding of The Role of School Supervision and its Effects on their Teaching In Secondary Schools in Musoma Municipality

Nyakigha, Patrice Charles (2020) Teacher Understanding of The Role of School Supervision and its Effects on their Teaching In Secondary Schools in Musoma Municipality. Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

The study examined teacher understanding of the role of school supervision and its effect on their teaching in selected secondary schools in Musoma. Specifically, the study explored the meanings that the teachers attached to the role of school supervision in secondary schools and assessed the challenges that school supervisors face as they engage in school supervision activities in Musoma Municipality. Descriptive and correlation research design and self-constructed questionnaire and structured interviews were used to gather data. Quantitative data were analyzed by the use of frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation, while content analysis was used to analyse qualitative data. The study indicated that there is a strong and positive relationship between teacher understanding of the role of school supervision and school effectiveness and students’ performance with a Correlation Coefficient of, r = 0.72. These implied that where teachers acknowledged school supervision, they tended to support and follow their instruction; hence they work as a team. Where the role of school supervision was not well known, the teaching was low as well as performance of the students. The challenges that the school supervisors faced were related to lack of cooperation from the teachers. The study recommends the school inspectors to regularly provide teachers with prompt feedback to enable them to understand their strong and weak areas and make changes. For further study, it is recommended that assessment of the perception of the other school stakeholders be done on the role of supervision in secondary schools.

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