RESEARCH ARTICLE
descriptionPDFThe 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
Details
Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Sesilia Gwaltu, Makungu Bulayi
Publication Date
2024-02-02
Submission Date
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Acceptance Date
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