Teachers' Attitude Toward Pupils Academic Performance in Selected Primary Schools in Ibeno Zone, Keumbu Division, Kish Central District in Nyanza Province Kenya

TABLE OF CONTENT

DECLARATION ................................................................................................................ ii

APPROVAL ....................................................................................................................... iii

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

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ···························································· ..................................... V

ABSTRACT ..................................................................................................................... viii

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

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

1.0 INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................... I

1. l BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY .............................................................................. 1

1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM ............................................................................ 4

1.3 PURPOSE OF STUDY ................................................................................................. 4

1.4 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY .................................................................................. 4

l .5RESEARCH QUESTIONS ............................................................................................ 5

1.6 SCOPE OF THE STUDY ............................................................................................. 5

1.7 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY .............................................................................. 5

1.8 CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK ................................................................................. 6

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

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

2.0INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................... 7

2.1 TEACHERS COMPETENCES AND PUPIL ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE .......... 7

2.2 THE FACTORS WHICH AFFECT PUPIL'S ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE ..... 11

2.3 THE AFFECT OF MOTIVATION ON TEACHERS' ATTITUDE TOWARDS

TEACHING ...................................................................................................................... 12

2.4 CONCLUSION ........................................................................................................... 14

CHAPTER THREE ........................................................................................................... 16

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY ...................................................................................... 16

3.0: INTRODUCTION: .................................................................................................... 16

3. i: RESEARCH DESIGN .................................................. : ............................................ 16

3.2 POPULATION OF STUDY ....................................................................................... 16

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3.3: SAMPLE FRAME WORK ........................................................................................ 16

3.4: AREA OF STUDY .................................................................................................... 17

3.5: DATA COLLECTION/ INSTRUMENTS ................................................................ 17

3.8: DATA ANALYSIS .................................................................................................... 18

CHAPTER FOUR ............................................................................................................. 19

DATA PRESENTATION,ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION ........................... 19

4.0INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................ 19

4.2 Gender representation ................................................................................................. 19

4.3 RESPONSE RATE ANALYSIS ................................................................................. 20

4.4. RESPONSES ON THE MEANING OF THE TERM TEACHERS ATTITUDE ..... 20

4.5 RESPONSES ON THE MEANING OF THE TERM TEACHERS' MOTIVATION

AND COMPETENCES .................................................................................................... 21

4.6 .PUPILS CHARACTERISTICS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR POOR

PERFORMANCE ............................................................................................................. 21

4.7 THE RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TEACHERS ATTITUDE AND

PERFORMANCE ............................................................................................................. 22

CHAPTER FIVE ............................................................................................................... 23

SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ................................. 23

5.0INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................ 23

5.1 SUMMARY OF THE MAIN FINDINGS .................................................................. 23

5.1. l Teachers competences and pupil academic Performance ........................................ 23

5 .1.2 The affect of motivation on teachers' attitude towards teaching ............................. 24

5.1.3. The factors which affect pupil's academic performance ...................................... 24

5.2 CONCLUSIONS ......................................................................................................... 25

5.3 RECOMMENDATIONS ............................................................................................ 26

5.4 SUGGESTION FOR FURTHER RESEARCH .......................................................... 26

REFERENCE .................................................................................................................... 27

APPENDIX I: QUESTIONNAIRES ................................................................................ 29

A-.PPENDIX II ................................................................................................................... 30

THE RESEARCH PROJECT ACTIVITY PLAN ............................................................ 30

APPENDIX III: RESEARCH BUDGET .......................................................................... 31

Abstract This study was carried to establish the effect of teachers attitude towards pupils academic performance, it was guided by a number of objectives which were to examine the factors that affect teachers competences in teaching, motivation of teachers and factors for poor pupils academic performance The study concentrated in Ibeno zone in Kisii Central District. The study focused on teachers to determine the impact of their attitude towards pupils' academic performance. Since the zone examination results keep on falling year by year. Questionnaires were issued out and random interviews were also conducted on the selected sample of 50 respondents' The findings of the study shows that, teacher attitudes has a numbers of effects on academic performance of pupils in Ibeno zone. Teachers attitude were identifies to affect teachers competences and motivation The research concluded that in order to improve pupils performance in Ibeno zone teachers' attitude should be positive and government, ministry of Education, school administration and parent should establish systems to monitor how their teachers exercise their duties in schools to improve on pupils' performance. The study recommended that teachers should be academically and professionally qualified, works under favorable conditions of service. Encourage teachers to get training to improve their skills such as computer skills, guiding and counseling and motivate teachers that is by increasing salaries and allowances, giving prizes to teachers whose performance excel and finally promoting them.