Leadership trends of principals towards the provision of quality teaching in underperforming secondary schools in the King Cetshwayo district

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dc.contributor.authorChibisa, Zviedzo
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-14T10:10:26Z
dc.date.available2023-03-14T10:10:26Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.descriptionA thesis submitted to the Faculty of Education in fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Education in the department of Education Foundation and Management at the University of Zululand, South Africa, 2021.en_US
dc.description.abstractPrincipals' leadership styles are a major factor contributing to good performance of their schools. The aim of this study was to investigate principals’ leadership trends towards the provision of quality teaching in underperforming secondary schools in King Cetshwayo District. The study followed a mixed methods design. In 2015, 138 of the 204 high schools in the district were categorised as underperforming. For the quantitative study, 14 of the underperforming schools with a total of 227 teachers were selected for analysis using simple random sampling. The study sample consisted of all the 227 teachers. Of the 227 distributed questionnaires 183 were successfully returned, giving a response rate of 81%. Purposive sampling was used to select four principals, four Heads of Departments and two teachers for the interviews. The study's findings revealed that a principal’s leadership style plays a vital role towards good learner outcomes. Furthermore, results showed that schools where principals delegated duties, encouraged teamwork, held staff development programmes and supervised teachers and learners constantly exhibited great learner academic improvement. It was established that those schools that operated effectively followed leadership styles that encouraged power-sharing while there was no power-sharing in most underperforming schools. Based on the findings, the leadership style used by principals running successful schools was transformational. The study therefore recommends this leadership style for South African schools.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10530/2216
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Zululanden_US
dc.subjectLeadershipen_US
dc.subjecttransformationen_US
dc.subjectperformanceen_US
dc.subjectorganisationen_US
dc.subjectunderperformingen_US
dc.titleLeadership trends of principals towards the provision of quality teaching in underperforming secondary schools in the King Cetshwayo districten_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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