The leadership styles of basic school head teachers: What teachers say

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to find out how basic school teachers differ in their perception of the leadership styles of their head teachers within the context of communication, decision making, instructional leadership. The study adopted descriptive survey and stratified random sampling procedure to sample 269 teachers from 94 public)basic)school)teachers)in)the)South)Tongu)District.)Questionnaire)was)the) main) research) instrument) used) to) collect) data) from) respondents) and) its) reliability) coefficient)of)the)questionnaire)was).85)which)was)deemed)to)be)reliable.)The)data)was) analysed)using)independent)tQtest)with)Predictive)Analytical)Software)(PASW))version) 18.)The)study)revealed)that)there)was)no)statistically)significant)difference)between)the) ways)male)and) female)basic) school) teachers)perceive) their)head) teachers’) leadership) styles) in) the) South) Tongu) District.) It) was) also) found) out) that) teachers) perceived) favourably)the)leadership)styles)of)their)head)teachers.)It)was)recommended)that)basic) school)head)teachers)be)given)workshops)to)improve)upon)their)decisionQmaking)skills) since)they)were)perceived)less)by)respondents)in)that)area.)Also,)it)was)recommended) that) head) teachers) should) be) encouraged) to) peer) reviewed) their) colleagues) so) that) those)who)are)not)doing)well)could)learn)from)those)who)are)performing)creditably