Relationship between the Head Teacher's Instructional Leadership and the School's Academic Achievement in the Primary Schools, Kuching/Jaku Nginyak Jukau

Jukau, Jaku Nginyak (2013) Relationship between the Head Teacher's Instructional Leadership and the School's Academic Achievement in the Primary Schools, Kuching/Jaku Nginyak Jukau. Masters thesis, Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Sarawak, Kampus Samarahan.

Abstract

This study attempted to explore the contributing instructional leadership factors among the head teachers align to their role as an instructional leader in improving the schools' academic achievement. The study was conducted in the primary schools of Kuching district. The rephrase study was conducted among teachers to gauge their perception towards their head teachers as an instructional leader and the relationship to their school's academic achievement. Currently, the academic achievement of the schools, particularly in the Primary School Assessment Examination or the "Ujian Penilaian Sekolah Rendah" (UPSR) among the schools in Kuching district is at the varied levels of achievement. In this era of educational transformation, the head teacher is regarded as the most important person in a school. The failure and success of a school in academic achievement depends on how the head teacher as an instructional leader manages the school. For the purpose of this study, 500 questionnaires were administered or sent to 63 primary schools. Only 355 (71%) respondents from 55 (87.3%) schools had responded appropriately to the questionnaires to be analyzed. The instrument used in this study is an adopted and adapted model from Hellinger & Murphy (1985); that is the Principal Instructional Management Rating Scales (PIMRS). It was pilot tested to fit into the Malaysian schools' setting, particularly in the Kuching district. The analysis of the study has indicated that there were three factors namely, Practicing School Goals (PSG), Enhancing Instruction (EI), and Complementing Success (CS). Besides that, the factors were also analyzed to determine its relative importance to the school's academic achievement. The findings indicated that "Complementing Success" dominated the other two factors and it was relatively important for the head teacher to practice these factors as an instructional leader. Another analysis carried out was to seek the correlation between the factors and the school's academic achievement. The result showed that the instructional leadership factors were significantly correlated to the Schools' Academic Achievement (SAA). Therefore, it is recommended that the head teachers need to play intensively the roles as instructional leaders to enhance the schools' academic achievement.

Metadata

Item Type: Thesis (Masters)
Creators:
Creators
Email / ID Num.
Jukau, Jaku Nginyak
2009550761
Subjects: L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > Performance. Competence. Academic achievement
L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > Primary Education
L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > Education and training of teachers and administrators > Professional aspects of teaching and school administrators. Vocational guidance > Primary school teachers and educators
Divisions: Universiti Teknologi MARA, Sarawak > Kota Samarahan Campus
Programme: Master of Education (Educational Management and Leadership)
Keywords: Relationship, Head Teacher's, Instructional leadership, School's academic, Primary schools, Kuching
Date: May 2013
URI: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/36930
Edit Item
Edit Item

Download

[thumbnail of 36930.pdf] Text
36930.pdf

Download (1MB)

Digital Copy

Digital (fulltext) is available at:

Physical Copy

Physical status and holdings:
Item Status:
On Shelf

ID Number

36930

Indexing

Statistic

Statistic details