Extensiveness of the Procedures Followed by Science Teachers in Preparing School Based Assessment Tools for Science Subjects in Secondary Schools in Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania

Chidyau, Adam Joseph; Mandila, Timothy; Wambiya, Paschal

doi:10.24940/ijird/2021/v10/i8/aug21020

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“…Teaching is a specialized presentation of knowledge, skills and attributes intended to provide unique service to meet the educational needs of the individual and of society (Akinrotimi, 2021). The choice of teaching learning activities whereby the goals of education are realized in the school 2 @ECRTD-UK: https://www.eajournals.org/ Publication of the European Centre for Research Training and Development -UK is the responsibility of the teaching profession and involves the assessment procedures (Chidyau et al, 2021). According to Soeung, (2021) any behaviour different to accepted rules and regulations by teachers in teaching and learning process is known as teachers' professional misconduct.…”

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This study assessed the application of warning and reprimands by heads of schools on the management of professional misconduct among public secondary school teachers in Mara region, Tanzania. The reviewed literature indicated that there is a high rate of teachers' professional misconduct and there was need of assessing the application of warnings and reprimands and find a way that can be properly used to manage teachers' professional in the school environment. The study was guided by Transformation Leadership Theory which guides the HOSs to use different strategies in managing of teachers' professional misconduct including warning and reprimands. The study used mixed methods approach and the convergent mixed research design whereby quantitative and qualitative data sets were collected simultaneously. The target population involved 300 students, 138 teachers, 25 heads of schools and 5 District TSC Officers. Stratified, simple random and purposeful sampling techniques were used to determine the study sample that consisted of 468 respondents. Questionnaires, interview guides, interview schedule, and document analysis guide were used to collect the required data. The collected data were analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistics using independent t-test. Narrations and direct quotations were used to present qualitative the study findings. However, the study also revealed that there was a significant relationship between the level of application warnings and reprimands strategy and management of teachers' professional misconduct. The study concluded that warnings and reprimands were not properly applied due to unfairness, favouritism and insufficient of knowledge and skills by HOSs in dealing with management of teachers' professional misconduct. The study recommended that TSC under the government should give education to the heads of schools on the proper usage of warnings and reprimands to avoid favouritism to the teachers when issuing warnings and reprimands.

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Extensiveness of the Procedures Followed by Science Teachers in Preparing School Based Assessment Tools for Science Subjects in Secondary Schools in Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania

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