Abstract:
The study was conducted to examine Junior High School headteachers participation in
continuous professional development programmes in Tempane District of Ghana. The
study objectives were to explore headteachers’ preference in continuous professional
development, (CPD) investigate the role of continuous professional development
programmes in meeting the professional needs of headteachers and to analyse the
frequency of continuous professional development programmes organised for Junior
High Schools headteachers in the Tempane District. The research approach is
quantitative. I employed descriptive survey as the research design for the study. The
census sampling technique was used for all Seventy-two (72) headteachers in the
Tempane District. Close-ended questions were used to gather data from the study. The
date was imported on the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) and analysed
using frequency, percentages. The study found that the CPD programmes initiated in
the Tempane District are important to the professional practices of headteachers and
highlighted on Headteachers professional domain, school development domain and
the professional relationship and service domain. Secondly, the level of preferences in
participation of headteachers was very crucial and related to variables that include
local conferences, symposia, workshop, and courses. But there is lack of connectivity
between CPD programmes and Headteachers professional development Ghana
Education Service should design Continuous professional development programmes
that meet the relevance of Headteachers ’professional development and teaching and
learning outcomes.
Description:
A thesis in the Department of Educational Administration
and Management, Faculty of Educational Studies, submitted to the School of
Graduate Studies in partial fulfilment
of the requirements for award of the degree of
Master of Philosophy
(Educational Administration and Management)
in the University of Education, Winneba
