Connecting school leadership to student learning in Cameroonian Presbyterian schools

dc.contributor.advisorMarishane, R.N. (Nylon)
dc.contributor.emailmokokograce@yahoo.comen_US
dc.contributor.postgraduateMokoko, Grace Emade
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-31T12:49:49Z
dc.date.available2024-01-31T12:49:49Z
dc.date.created2024-04
dc.date.issued2023-08
dc.descriptionThesis (PhD ((Education Management and Policy))--University of Pretoria, 2023.en_US
dc.description.abstractStudent learning is the main reason educational institutions exist. It explains why one of the main ingredients of successful schools is high-quality leadership, which allows principals to significantly and positively impact student learning and outcomes. Despite the emphasis on the crucial role of principals in ensuring effective teaching and learning, school environments are seldom conducive to student learning owing to the poor performance of principals. This situation shows a disconnect between principals’ leadership and student learning. This study investigated how principals connect their leadership to student learning in Cameroonian Presbyterian schools. This research followed a qualitative approach based on a case study design. Data collection strategies included interviews and documentation. The participants were principals, students, and teachers from six Presbyterian Church secondary schools in three regions in Cameroon. Collected data were manually coded, and analysed using thematic analysis. The study identified a gap between leadership and student learning because of unethical and substandard leadership measures. The study results indicate that principals and teachers of Presbyterian Church secondary schools in Cameroon lack professional skills, which contributes to their inability to relate appropriately with students. The study findings show that some principals do not understand the relationship that context has with student learning. The findings also show that principals do not have the best interest of students at heart as students’ rights are physically and emotionally abused regularly. The findings further reveal that, mostly, poor interpersonal relationships between employers and employees, principals, teachers, and students result in unsafe learning environments that negatively affect student learning. They further show that principals and teachers face challenges in executing their work, including policy and administrative issues. A framework was designed to assist leadership effectively and directly connect to student learning. Various recommendations were made to the government, Presbyterian Church in Cameroon, and principals.en_US
dc.description.availabilityUnrestricteden_US
dc.description.degreePhD (Education Management and Policy)en_US
dc.description.departmentEducation Management and Policy Studiesen_US
dc.description.facultyFaculty of Educationen_US
dc.description.sdgSDG-04: Quality Educationen_US
dc.description.sdgSDG-10: Reduces inequalitiesen_US
dc.description.sdgSDG-16: Peace,justice and strong institutionsen_US
dc.identifier.citation*en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.25403/UPresearchdata.24874158.v1en_US
dc.identifier.otherA2024en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/94203
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Pretoria
dc.rights© 2023 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria.
dc.subjectUCTDen_US
dc.subjectAlternative strategiesen_US
dc.subjectChallengesen_US
dc.subjectConducive environmentsen_US
dc.subjectConnectionen_US
dc.subjectContexten_US
dc.subjectPositive relationshipsen_US
dc.subjectSchool climateen_US
dc.subjectSchool leadershipen_US
dc.subjectSecondary schoolen_US
dc.subjectStudent learningen_US
dc.subjectTeachingen_US
dc.titleConnecting school leadership to student learning in Cameroonian Presbyterian schoolsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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