ASSESSMENT OF PRINCIPALS’ SUPERVISORY PRACTICE ON TEACHERS’ ROLE PERFORMANCE IN JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
ASSESSMENT OF PRINCIPALS’ SUPERVISORY PRACTICE ON TEACHERS’ ROLE PERFORMANCE IN JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
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2021-03
Authors
DA’U, Maryam Ado
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Abstract
This study assessed the Principals‟ Supervisory Practice on Teachers‟ Role Performance in
Junior Secondary Schools in Kaduna State. Six (6) objectives were raised to guide the study,
which are to examine the impact of principals‟ classroom visitation on teachers‟ role
performance in Junior Secondary Schools in Kaduna State; assess the impact of principals‟
supervisory practice of record checking on teachers‟ role performance in Junior Secondary
Schools in Kaduna State among others. Six (6) research questions and six (6) research
hypotheses were formulated to guide study and they are in line with the stated objectives.
Descriptive survey research design was used for the study. The population of the study is six
thousand, two hundred and nine (6,209) respondents which consists of five thousand, five
hundred and eighty (5,580) teachers, four hundred (400) principals and two hundred and
twenty nine (229) school inspectors in Kaduna State. 357 respondents were used as the
sample size in the study. Simple random sampling technique was used to obtained the
sample size for the study. The instrument used for the collection of data was questionnaire.
Descriptive statistics of frequency counts and simple percentage were used to analyze the
bio-data of the respondents and mean was used to answer the research questions. Inferential
statistics of Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used to test the six (6) formulated null
hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed that Principals‟
classroom visitation promotes attendance of teachers which enhances their role performance
in Junior Secondary Schools in Kaduna State. The findings also revealed that principals‟
supervisory practice of record checking such as checking of teachers‟ lesson note, scheme of
work and lesson attendance register enhance the teachers‟ role performance in Junior
Secondary Schools in Kaduna State. The study recommended that school principal should
promote the practice of classroom observation as instructional supervisory tool for the
realization of their mandates of improving the performance of teachers. This can be done by
taking notes of the classroom observation and recording exactly the activities of both the
students and the teacher and make suggestions for further improvement
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A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE
STUDIES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, NIGERIA
IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF
MASTER OF EDUCATION DEGREE IN EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION
AND PLANNING
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONS AND CURRICULUM,
FACULTY OF EDUCATION,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY,
ZARIA – NIGERIA
Keywords
ASSESSMENT,, PRINCIPALS’ SUPERVISORY PRACTICE,, TEACHERS’ ROLE PERFORMANCE,, JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS,, KADUNA STATE,, NIGERIA