Communication Styles and Teachers Effectiveness. Case of Study Some Selected Secondary Schools in Yaounde Municipality
CHAPTER ONE
PURPOSE OF THE STUDY
The purpose of the was to examine the Impact of communication styles and teachers effectiveness. case of study some selected secondary schools in Yaounde Municipality. Specifically the study aims to:
- Determine the relationship between effective communication and teachers’ effectiveness
- Determine the relationship between upward communication and teachers’ effectiveness.
- Determine the relationship between crosswise communication and teachers’ effectiveness.
CHAPTER TWO
LITERAURE REVIEW
INTRODUCTION
The concept of communication
Communication, a term derived from the latin word communicare which means to share, to impart, to transmit and to make common, has been defined as a process that links the individual, the group and the organization and in fact permeates every aspect of organisational life (Lunenburg & Ornstein in Peretomode: 2014, Hoy & Miskel 2008). Communication is a veritable tool required in an organisation to solve problems and accomplish goals; but it can never take place in isolation, there has to be a sender, a receiver, the message and the medium used to communicate. This agrees with Lewis, Peretomode (2014) who defines communication as the sharing of information, ideas, or attitudes in ways that produce a degree of understanding between two or more people. In addition to this, Abraham (2003) opines that communication is a process by which people disseminates meaning via transmission of symbolic messages; a process of passing information and understanding from one person to another, and an initiated behaviour from the sender which conveys the desired meaning to the receiver and elicits desired response from the receiver. On the other hand, Viris & Clarke-Ellis in Onye (2014) avow that communication entails the successful transfer of information from one entity to another through the exchange of thoughts, messages or information by speech, signals, writing or behaviour as well as the use of verbal or non-verbal strategies effectively to impart information or ideas.
On the school administrator rests the mantle of leadership of the school and in the course of carrying out his duty, he applies leadership skills among which communication is a major skill. Okorie (2012) affirms that leadership is non-existent without communication but that there can be communication without leadership, therefore it can be considered as the essence of organization (Peretomode: 2014), an essential tool in management. Communication therefore, entails the transfer of information, feelings, instructions or messages from a source otherwise known as the sender to a receiver through a medium.
CHAPTER THREE
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY.
RESEARCH DESIGN
It is a term used to describe a number of decisions which need to be taken regarding the collection of data before they are collected. (Nwana, 1981). It provides guidelines which direct the researcher towards solving the research problem and may vary depending on the nature of the problem being studied. According to Okaja ( 2003, p. 2),” research design means the structuring of investigation aimed at identifying variables and their relationship, it is used for the purpose of obtaining data to enable the investigator test hypothesis or answer research question by providing procedural outline for conducting research”. It is therefore, an outline or scheme that serves as a useful guide to the researcher in his efforts to generate data for his study.
Descriptive survey research design was used in the research to establish the relationship between communications style on teachers’ effectiveness.
CHAPTER FOUR
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
This chapter contains the statistical analysis of the data collected and the testing of research hypotheses formulated for the study.
PRESENTATION OF RESULT
Ho1: There is no significant relationship between effective communication and teacher effectiveness.
CHAPTER FIVE
SUMMARY, CONCLUSION RECOMMENDATIONS
SUMMARY
The research study aimed at examining the impact of communication style on teacher’s effectiveness in Yaounde Municipality.
The study summarized in five null hypotheses a large body of literature was reviewed with a view of showing its relevancies to the study. The samples of the study were drawn using simple random sampling technique and a questionnaire was designed to collect data relating to the research topic. The collected data were analyzed using person’s product moment correction.
All the hypotheses were tested at 0.05 levels of significance and at the end of the data analysis all the five null hypotheses were retested.
CONCLUSION
The study found that there is a significant impact of effective communication can teacher’s effectiveness in schools in Yaounde Municipality.
The study also found that effectiveness of teacher’s are achieved, through effective communication.
Recombination
Based on the findings of this study the following recommendation was made.
- Principals, school-heads and teachers should give room for effective communication so as to increase the teacher’s effectiveness.
- Also the environment should be more democratic so that effective communication, suggestions and opinions would be passed from the teacher to the student and from student to the teachers and student to student.
SUGGESTIONS ON FURTHER STUDIES
In view of the numerous limitation a problem encountered during this study, future research as on this area could be extended to cover more samples in Yaounde Municipality or other local government in the state or other state of the federation.
REFERENCES
- Akpala, A. (2004): Management: an Introductions and the Nigeria Perspective. Enugu Precision Printers and Publishers.
- Alani, R. A. (2006): Management Crisis in Education. Ijebu – Ode: Triumph Books Publishers.
- Abraham, N. M. (2003). Educational administration in Nigeria. Port Harcourt; Pam Unique.
- Akinwale, A. S, and Okotoni, C. A (2018) Assesment of Principal Communication Styles and
- Administrative Impact on Secondary Schools in Osun State, Nigeria. International Journal of Advanced Research and Publications. 2 (1), 99-112.
- Alparslan, A. M. & Kılınç, U. K. (2015). The power of informal communication and perceived organizational support on energy at work and extra-role behavior: a survey on teachers. Journal of Human Sciences, 12(2), 113-138.
- Anyaemele, S. C. & Uduma, F. O. (2015). Improving leadership effectiveness through communication. . In Obasi, F. N., Oluwuo, S. O. Asodike, J. D., Anyamele, S. C. (2015)
- Leadership in schools for productivity: emerging perspectives. Port Harcourt: Pearl Digital Press.
- Armstrong, M. (2012). Armstrong’s handbook of human resource management practice (12th ed.). London: Kogan Page.
- Asamu, F, F, (2014). The impact of communication on workers’ performance in selected
- organisations in Lagos State, Nigeria. Journal of Humanities and Social Science (IOSR-JHSS). 19 (8), II, 75-82.
- Asodike, J. D. & Adieme, F. G. (2015). Leadership and communication in school organisations. In Obasi, F. N., Oluwuo, S. O. Asodike, J. D., Anyamele, S. C. (2015) Leadership in schools for productivity: emerging perspectives. Port Harcourt: Pearl Digital Press.