The Role of School Leadership in Implementing Satellite TV Instruction: With Special Reference to Government Secondary Schools of Addis Ababa
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2012-06-01
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to assess the role of school leadership in
implementing satellite Television instruction (STVI). It also aimed to
investigate the major advantages and impact of STVI on the teaching
learning process. The study further examined the major administrative and
technical problems that were encountered by school principals in utilizing
STVI in government secondary schools of Addis Ababa. To achieve the
above objectives, data were collected from seventeen sample government
secondary schools of Addis Ababa, where plasma TV lessons were carried
out. Sample was taken from school principals, department heads, and
teachers respectively. In this study, both quantitative and qualitative
methods were used. Data were gathered through questionnaire and
interview. In addition to this, plasma lesson classes were observed and
relevant documents were analyzed. The data gathered through
questionnaires were quantitatively analyzed using frequency count and
percentage and interpreted. Whereas the data gathered through interview
were qualitatively analyzed and triangulated with the quantitative data.
Besides, information obtained through observation was also used to
complement the quantitative and qualitative data. Accordingly, the data
analysis revealed the following major findings; only few of school principals
were found Educational Planning and Management graduates. Besides,
most of them were found under standard in their education level as the
standard requires Master's degree for secondary schools. Moreover, the
study disclosed that most of the principals did not take any training on ICT.
As a result, most of the principals lacked to model ICT use in their school,
and also they failed to provide professional development opportunities for
teachers regarding ICT. In addition, they failed to manage in creating
awareness in teachers and students. Moreover, the supporting and
monitoring mechanisms on plasma lesson also rated poor by most of the
respondents of the study
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Implementing Satellite TV Instruction