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The Effects of Teachers’ Practice of Management roles on Pupils’ Academic Progress in Iringa, Tanzania
Year 2024, Volume: 9, Issue: 1, 16-23, 2024-02-02
Sesilia Gwaltu, Makungu Bulayi
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to understand primary school teachers’ knowledge of their management roles, practices and its effects on pupils’ learning progress. The study involved 12 teachers and 48 pupils who were purposively selected from Iringa Municipality, Tanzania. The teachers were identified based on their official assignment of specific class teachers’ management roles by school leaders while pupils were identified based on their class academic performance. When learning about teachers’ roles, each participant teacher was treated as a case study. The teachers were interviewed while pupils participated through focus group discussion (FGDs). Documentary review guides was used to learn about pupils’ learning progress and data analysis was conducted through thematic analysis procedures. The findings of this study revealed that, participant teachers had a limited knowledge of their management roles as each teacher attributed class management roles more to teaching in the classroom context than management roles. The teachers did not perform management task as expected by education circular and hence their roles did not advance pupils’ learning academic progress. The teachers revealed that teachers’ management roles that had effects on pupils’ academic progress to be extra teaching, guidance and counseling. Since teachers had limited knowledge of their management roles, it is recommended that in service teachers’ training that are geared towards updating their professional knowledge on management roles should be put into effects. Teachers’ appointment of class teachers should highlight teachers’ specific roles for management of pupils’ academic progress.
Keywords
Teachers, management roles, academic progress
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Primary Language
English

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Research Article

Authors
Sesilia Gwaltu, Makungu Bulayi

Publication Date
2024-02-02

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Sesilia Gwaltu, Makungu Bulayi. (2024). The Effects of Teachers’ Practice of Management roles on Pupils’ Academic Progress in Iringa, Tanzania. Ruaha Journal of Arts and Social Sciences, 9(1), 16-23.content_copy

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