Teachers’ Demographic Characteristics And Their Effectiveness Tn Secondary Schools In Kole District, Uganda

Abstract

The study aimed at finding out the difference between teachers’ demographic

Characteristics and their effectiveness in secondary schools in kole district, uganda. The

Constructs for demographic characteristics were gender, marital status, age, educational

Qualifications and the number of years of teaching experience; while the constructs for Teachers’ effectiveness were lesson delivery, teacher-student relationship and syllabus Coverage. To measure the difference between teachers’ gender and their effectiveness in Secondary schools in kole district, uganda;to assess the difference between teachers’ Marital status and their effectiveness in secondary schools in kole district, uganda; to Measure relationship between teachers’ ages and their effectiveness in secondary schools In kole district, uganda. To find difference between teachers’ educational qualifications And their effectiveness in secondary schools in kole district, uganda;to assess Difference between teachers’ number of years of teaching experience and their Effectiveness in kole district, uganda and to examine different between school in kole And their teachers effectiveness. The 110 teachers and 200 students were sampled using Non probability purposive techniques. Structured questionnaires for teachers and four Scale questionnaires for students were used to collect the relevant data for the study. The Findings by inferential statistics indicated that there is no difference between teachers’ Gender, and their effectiveness, no difference between teachers’ marital status and their Effectiveness. Negative difference between teachers’ ages and their effectiveness and Significant difference between teachers’ number of year of teaching experience and their Effectiveness. There is a difference between different schools in kole and their teacher’s Effectiveness. It was generally concluded that there is weak difference between teachers’ Demographic characteristic and their effectiveness. Two major recommendations made Are that efforts should be made to identify and address real determinants of teachers’ Effectiveness; and that promotions and rewards to teachers should be based more on their Effectiveness than on their demographic characteristics. In other words there is no Difference between gender and teacher’s effectiveness

TABLE OF CONTENTS

TITLE PAGE

DECLARATION

DEDICATION iii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT iv

TABLE OF CONTENTS v

LIST OF TABLES ix

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS / ACRONYMS x

ABSTRACT xi

CHAPTER ONE 1

INTRODUCTION 1

1.0 Introduction 1

1.1 Background of the Study 1

l.2Statement of the Problem 7

1.3 Purpose of the Study 8

1.4 Research Objectives 8

1.5 Hypothesis 9

1.7 Scope 10

1.7.1 Geographical scope 10

1.7.2 Content scope 10

1.7.3 Theoretical Scope 10

1.7.4 Time Scope 11

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The study was conducted for a period of four months where the researcher

collected data from May to October 2014. 11

1.8 Significance of the Study 11

1.9 Operational Definition of Key Terms 12

CHAPTER TWO 13

LITERATURE REVIEW 13

2.0 Introduction 13

2.1 Theoretical perspective 13

2.2 Conceptual framework 15

2.3 Teachers’ gender and their effectiveness 17

2.4 Teachers’ marital status and their effectiveness I 7

2.5 Teachers’ age and their effectiveness 19

2.6 Teachers’ qualification and their effectiveness 20

2.7 Teachers’ number of years of teaching experience 25

2.7 Student’s —teachers relationship and their effectiveness 25

CHAPTER THREE 30

METHODOLOGY 30

3.0 Introduction 30

3.1 Research Design 30

3.2 Research Population 30

3.3 Sample Size 31

3.4 Sampling Procedure 32

3.5 Research Instruments 32

3.6.1 Validity 33

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3.7 Data Gathering Procedure 33

3.8 Data Analysis 34

3.9 Ethical Considerations 35

3.10 Limitations of the Study 35

CHAPTER FOUR 36

DATA PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION 36

4.1 Introduction 36

4.2 The difference between teachers’ gender and their effectiveness in secondary

schools in Kole District, Uganda

4.3 Difference between teacher’s marital status and their effectiveness in

secondary schools in Kole District, Uganda 38

4.4 Difference between teachers’ ages and their effectiveness in secondary

schools in Kole District, Uganda

4.5 The difference between teachers’ educational qualifications and their

effectiveness in secondary schools in Kole District, Uganda 41

4.6 Difference between teachers’ number of years of teaching experience and

their effectiveness in Kole District, Uganda 42

4.7 The difference between schools and their effectiveness in Kole District,

Uganda 44

CHAPTER FIVE 46

DISCUSSION, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION 46

5.1 Introduction 46

5.2 Discussion of the findings 46

5.3 Conclusions 48

5.4 Recommendations 49

5.5 Areas of further research 50

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REFERENCES 51

APPENDIX 1 A 53

TRANSMITTAL LETTER 53

APPENDIX 11 54

CLEARANCE FROM ETHICS COMMITTEE 54

APPENDIX III 55

INFORMED CONSENT 55

APPENDIX IV A 56

FACE SHEET: DEMOGRApHIC CHARACTERISTICS OFTHE TEACHERS

RESPONDENTS 56

APPENDIX VII 57

SLOVEN’S FORMULA 57