http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2022(VII-II).12
10.31703/gesr.2022(VII-II).12
Published : Jun 2022
Instructional Leadership Role of Principals in Improving Teachers Professional Development in Southern Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
The present study emphasizes on the role of Principals in improving Teachers' Professional Development (TPD). The first objective of the study was to explore the role of principals as instructional leaders in TPD. The second objective was to compare the role of principals as instructional leaders in improving TPD as perceived by the Principals and Secondary School Teachers and the third objective was to compare the role of principals (instructional leaders), in improving TPD in the perspective of southern districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The researcher adopted a quantitative research design for the study. A questionnaire was used for the data collection process. The population consists of principals/headmasters (413) and secondary school teachers (1523), which working at the secondary school level. All the principals and teachers were taken as the main population for the study. A stratified sampling method was used to select the sample from the whole population of 332 (18 Percent), in which there were 68 Principals and 264 SSTs. The result indicates that school principals have a noteworthy role in improving TPD.
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Instructional Leadership Role of Principals, Teachers' Professional Development
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(1) Jehanzeb Ullah
PhD Scholar, Institute of Education and Research, Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan, KP, Pakistan.
(2) Zafar Khan
Assistant Professor, Institute of Education and Research, Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan, KP, Pakistan.
(3) Allah Noor Khan
Assistant Professor, Institute of Education and Research, Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan, KP, Pakistan
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APA : Ullah, J., Khan, Z., & Khan, A. N. (2022). Instructional Leadership Role of Principals in Improving Teachers Professional Development in Southern Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Global Educational Studies Review, VII(II), 126 - 134 . https://doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2022(VII-II).12
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CHICAGO : Ullah, Jehanzeb, Zafar Khan, and Allah Noor Khan. 2022. "Instructional Leadership Role of Principals in Improving Teachers Professional Development in Southern Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa." Global Educational Studies Review, VII (II): 126 - 134 doi: 10.31703/gesr.2022(VII-II).12
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HARVARD : ULLAH, J., KHAN, Z. & KHAN, A. N. 2022. Instructional Leadership Role of Principals in Improving Teachers Professional Development in Southern Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Global Educational Studies Review, VII, 126 - 134 .
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MHRA : Ullah, Jehanzeb, Zafar Khan, and Allah Noor Khan. 2022. "Instructional Leadership Role of Principals in Improving Teachers Professional Development in Southern Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa." Global Educational Studies Review, VII: 126 - 134
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MLA : Ullah, Jehanzeb, Zafar Khan, and Allah Noor Khan. "Instructional Leadership Role of Principals in Improving Teachers Professional Development in Southern Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa." Global Educational Studies Review, VII.II (2022): 126 - 134 Print.
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OXFORD : Ullah, Jehanzeb, Khan, Zafar, and Khan, Allah Noor (2022), "Instructional Leadership Role of Principals in Improving Teachers Professional Development in Southern Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa", Global Educational Studies Review, VII (II), 126 - 134
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TURABIAN : Ullah, Jehanzeb, Zafar Khan, and Allah Noor Khan. "Instructional Leadership Role of Principals in Improving Teachers Professional Development in Southern Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa." Global Educational Studies Review VII, no. II (2022): 126 - 134 . https://doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2022(VII-II).12