The relationship between the school principals' instructional leadership role and the academic perfomance of pupils in Swaziland primary schools
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Authors
Khoza, Joyce Fikile
Issue Date
2012-04
Type
Dissertation
Language
en
Keywords
Instructional leadership role , Culture of teaching and learning , Academic performance
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Abstract
This research investigated the relationship between the school principal’s instructional leadership role and the academic performance of pupils in Swaziland primary schools. A qualitative investigation was conducted using individual and focus group interviewing. This was supplemented by a study of official documents on instructional leadership at each research site and the observation of the prevailing culture of teaching and learning traits at each school. A research sample of eight school principals and forty teachers was purposefully drawn from eight well-performing primary schools in the Southern Hhohho region of Swaziland. The findings of the study confirmed that the school principal’s instructional leadership role serves as a pillar for the development and sustainment of a sound culture of teaching and learning in order to ensure that learners achieve optimally. Based on the perceptions of school principal and teacher participants, strategies were developed for effective instructional leadership so as to ensure optimal learner performance.
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Citation
Khoza, Joyce Fikile (2012) The relationship between the school principals' instructional leadership role and the academic perfomance of pupils in Swaziland primary schools, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/13245>