An Assessment of Teachers Motivation and Academic Performance of Primary School Pupils in Chapchap Zone, Baringo District, Kenya

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DECLARATION: ..................... ....................................................................................... i

APPROVAL .................................................................................................................... ii

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ...................................... .. ............................................ ......... iii

DEDICATION ............................................................................................................... iv

TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................................. v

ABSTRACT ..................................................................................................................... vii

CHAPTER ONE ............................................................................................................... 1

INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................ 1

1.1 Background to the study ............................................................................................ 1

1.2 Statement of the problem .......................................................................................... 4

1.3 Objectives of the study ................................. ..... ..... ................................................... 4

1.3.1 General objective .................................................................................................... 4

1.3.2 Specific objectives will be to ; .............................................................................. .4

1.4 Research questions .................................................................................... ................ 5

1.5 Scope of the study ................. .................................................................................... 5

1.6 Significance ofthe study .................................................................................... ....... 5

CHAPTER TWO ............................... .......... ..................................................... ............... 7

LITERATURE REVIEW ................................................................................................ 7

2.0 Introduction ...... ......................................................................................................... 7

2.1 Factors Responsible for Teachers Motivation ........................................................... 7

2.2 Relationship between motivation and performance ......................... ....................... I 0

2.2.1 Does pay affect teacher behaviour? ...................................................................... l1

2.2.2 Evidence on the impact of teacher incentives on pupils performance ................. 14

2.3 Other factors that affect learner's performance other than teacher's motivation .... 16

CHAPTER THREE ........................................... ............................................................ 23

METHODOLOGY: ......... .............................................................................................. 23

3.0 Introduction ......................................................................... .................................... 23

3 .I Research design ....................................................................................................... 23

3.2 Popul ation of the study ......................................... ..................... .............................. 23

3.3 Study san1ple .................................. ...................... ................................................... 23

3.4 Research instruments ............................................................................................... 24

3.5 Research procedure ................................................................................................. 24

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3.6 Data analysis and interpretation ....................... .......... ............................................. 24

_CHAPTER FOUR ......................................................................................................... 26

4.0 DATA PRESENTATION ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION ................ 26

4.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................. 26

4.2. TEACHERS BIO-DATA ....................................................................................... 27

4.3. PUPILS BIO-DATA ....................................... ....................................................... 28

4.4 TEACHERS ANAL YSIS .......................................................... ............... ..... .......... 29

4.5.PUPILS ANALYSIS ............................................................................................... 32

CHAPTER FIVE ........................................................................................................... 34

CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ........................................................ 34

5.1 Discussion of the findings ....................................................................................... 34

5.2 Conclusions ............................................................................................................. 35

5.3 Reco1nmendations ................................................................................................... 35

5.4 Areas of further studies ...................................................................... ..................... 36

REFERENCES ............................................................................................................... 3 7

APPENDICES .. ............................................................................................................. 40

APPENDIX A ........... .................................................................................................... 40

PUPILS' QUESTIONNAIRE ....................................................................................... 40

APPENDIX 8 ............................................................................................................... . 44

TEACHERS' QUESTIONNAIRE ................................................................................ 44