Abstract:
The main purpose of the study is to assess the influence of head teachers’ leadership styles
on the academic performance of basic school students in the Bosomtwe District of the
Ashanti Region. The objectives of the study was to identify the leadership styles of head
teachers among the public basic schools in the Bosomtwe District; establish the effects of
headteachers’ leadership style on students’ performance and find out the challenges head
teachers’ leadership styles pose to teachers’ performance. The researcher used descriptive
survey design with quantitative research method for the study. The population for this
study consists of all the teachers of the three public junior high schools at Esreso in the
Bosomtwe District. A sample size of 38 were used for the study. Among the head teachers
who exhibited transformational leadership style, one prominent behaviour the study
established was their ability to foster good human relationship between teachers and their
head teachers. The study also found that the head teachers’ leadership built supportive
environment that enabled teachers to improve performance, improved students
achievement due to improved teaching strategies. Low morale and motivation among
teachers were noted as the most challenging situation emerging from head teachers’
leadership style but the least felt challenge was low level of punctuality. The study
recommended that the Ghana Education Service together with the District Director of
Education should provide head teachers with adequate logistics, infrastructure and
residential accommodation to mitigate the challenges they face in their leadership to
improve the success of the school.
Description:
A Dissertation in the Department of Educational Leadership, Faculty of Education
and Communication Sciences, submitted to the School of Graduate Studies,
University of Education, Winneba, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for
award of the Masters of Arts (Educational Leadership) degree
DECEMBER, 2020