dc.contributor.author | Muchiri, Faith G | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-09-16T07:22:56Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-09-16T07:22:56Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Master of Education in Educational Administration | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/56543 | |
dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this study was to investigate influence of Head teachers’
Leadership Styles on students discipline in Public Secondary Schools in
Nairobi County, Kenya. Discipline of the students is a major factor in
academic performance. Head teachers are expected to give the right leadership
to both teachers and students in order to achieve excellent academic
performance. Four research objectives were formulated to guide the study.
Research objectives number one sought to determine how head teachers’
autocratic leadership style influence students discipline in secondary schools.
Objective number two sought to establish how head teachers’ democratic
leadership style influence students discipline. The research objective number
three sought to find out to what extent head teachers’ Laissez-faire leadership
style influence students discipline in secondary school and objective number
four sought to determine the strategies used by the head teachers when
instilling discipline using their leadership style. The design adopted for this
study was descriptive survey. The sample comprised of 6 public schools, 6
Head teachers, 24 teachers and 48 students. This data was collected using
questionnaires and data analyzed using descriptive statistics. The findings
revealed that teachers are given leadership role after attaining teaching
experience of about ten years. It also revealed that most schools that applied
democratic leadership style did not experience major indiscipline cases such as
strikes. All the three leadership styles discussed were identified in different
schools and their impacts on student discipline were different. The head
teachers therefore may have to apply the leadership style that brings the best
results for the school. The findings also showed that head teachers leadership
styles are more or less personal attributes that need to be improved to
influence students’ discipline. Based on the study findings it is concluded that
use of democracy in schools is necessary to improve discipline of students in
public secondary schools. The study findings hence recommended that
Ministry of Education should have a policy where all Head teachers can train
on democratic leadership style to improve on students’ discipline. The study
further found out where a head teacher uses autocratic leadership style s/he is
able to suppress indiscipline for some time but soon or later students become
in disciplined. All head teachers should be given courses of proper
management of human resource and other resources. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | University of Nairobi | en |
dc.title | Influence of head teachers’ leadership styles on students discipline in public secondary schools in Nairobi county, Kenya | en |
dc.type | Thesis | en |
local.publisher | School of Education | en |