RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PRINCIPALS’ MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT
Abstract
- The main aim was to study the relationship between principals’ management practices and students’ achievement in Basic Education High Schools, Laymyethna Township, Ayeyarwaddy Region. The specific aims were to study the teachers’ perceptions on the degree of importance of principals’ management practices, to study the teachers’ perceptions on principals’ management practices and to study the relationship between principals’ management practices and students’ achievement. Quantitative and qualitative methods were used in this study. The participants of this study were 103 Seniors teachers from 8 Basic Education High Schools of Laymyethna Township by using purposive sampling. The questionnaire was based on the Principals’ Management Practices and review of related literature. There were 40 items for principals’ management practices and the reliability coefficient (Cronbah’s Alpha) was 0.89 for the degree of importance of principals’ management practices and 0.87 for principals’ management practices. Descriptive statistics and Spearman’s rho Correlation were used to analyze to data. By using SPSS version 23.0, principals' distributed leadership practices were found out with the descriptive statistics. According to findings, high school principals continually performed management practices by their teachers' perceptions (Means=3.96, SD=0.65). There was significant correlation between principals' management practices and student achievement (r=0.359, p<0.01). The information from open-ended questions were complementary to the quantitative findings.
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Year
- 2020
Author
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Tha Zin Htay
Subject
- Educational Theory
Publisher
- Myanmar Academy of Arts and Science (MAAS)