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SCHOOL PRINCIPALS` LEADERSHIP STYLES AND PHYSICAL

EDUCATION TEACHERS` PERFORMANCE

A Thesis
Presented to
the Faculty of the Graduate School
Araullo University
PHINMA Education Network
Cabanatuan City

In Partial Fulfillment of
the Requirements for the Degree
MASTER OF ARTS
Major in Educational Management

By
GERARDO A. BALOSBALOS
March 2012

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APPROVAL SHEET

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DEDICATION

To my beloved, treasured and cherished parents,

Patricio and Valeriana,
my sisters Vanessa Marie and Joann,
and to my dear Jun,
this piece of work is humbly dedicated.

G.A.B.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The researcher is grateful to the people who have

given their worthy advises, comments and encouragements
in making this study reached its completion;

Dr.

Salome

Manuel,

his

thesis

adviser,

for

her

concern and guidance;

Dr. Lulu Diamante, his professor for her advises and

support;

The panel of Examiners, for their suggestions for

the improvement of this piece of work;

His friends, co-teachers, and love ones, for helping

and accompanying him in his research.

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The respondents of this study, for without their

cooperation, this study would not become a reality.

Above

all,

the

Almighty

God,

the

source

of

everything, for His countless and unending blessings to

the researcher and his family.

Thank you all so very much.

GAB

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Table of Contents
Title Page

Approval Sheet

ii

Dedication

iii

Acknowledgment

iv

Table of Contents

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List of Tables

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List of Figures

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Abstract

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Chapters

Page

The Problem and Review of Related Literature

Introduction

Review of Related Literature

Conceptual Frameworks

11

Paradigm of the study

16

Definition of terms

17

Statement of the problem

18

Scope and Limitation

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Significance of the study

II

III

19

Method
Research Design

21

The Respondents

22

Instrument

23

Data Analysis

27

Presentation, Analysis, and Interpretation of Data

Teachers Perception of their Principals Leadership Style

29

Principals Assessment of their Leadership

Style

39

Performance of the Physical Education Teachers

as Perceived by Themselves and by Their
Respective Principals
Principals Perception

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SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Summary of Findings

70

Conclusion
73
Recommendations
74
Bibliography

75

Appendices

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Curriculum Vitae

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List of Tables
Table
1 The Respondents
Distribution of the Weighted Mean Responses
2

of the PE Teachers to the Leadership

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style of their Principals

Distribution of the Leadership Styles of the
3

38
Principals
Distribution of the Mean Responses of the

39
Principals about Their Leadership Style
Percent Distribution of the Personal

Assessment of the Principal about their

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Leadership Style
Distribution of the Weighted Mean Responses
About the Performance of the Physical
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Education Teachers as Perceived by
Themselves
Distribution of the Weighted Mean Responses
About the Performance of the Physical

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Education Teachers as Perceived by
Themselves

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Spearman Correlation Table

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LIST OF FIGURES
List of figure
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Paradigm of the study

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ABSTRACT

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The

primary

objective

of

this

study

was

to

investigate the leadership style of the secondary school

principals

and

performance

the

of

extent

the

to

which

Physical

it

affected

Education

the

Teachers.

Specifically, it aimed to answer the following questions:

1. How do the physical education teachers perceived the
leadership styles of their principal? 2. What is the
personal assessment of the school principals on their
leadership style? 3.
the

physical

themselves

What is the level of performance of

education

and

by

their

teachers
respective

as

perceived

principals?

4.

by
Is

there a significant relationship between the principals

leadership

style

and

the

performance

of

the

physical

education teachers?
The
between

hypotheses
the

of

principals

no

significant

leadership

relationship

style

and

the

performance of the physical education teachers and no

significant

relationship

between

the

principals

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leadership

style

and

the

performance

of

the

physical

education teachers were tested in this study.

The study focused on the leadership style of the
secondary school principals and the performance of the
full

time

physical

relationships.
Congressional
limited

to

The

education
respondents

district

of

descriptive

Nueva

teachers

and

were

from

Ecija.

The

information

their

the

2nd

study

was

gathered

using

questionnaires and interview.

Summary of Findings
The following conclusions were drawn based on the
data collected;
The Physical Education teachers perceived a strong
degree

of

authoritarian

leadership

style

in

their

principals in terms of decision making and in monitoring

the

performance

of

the

employees;

participative

leadership style in setting the environment, in attaining

the vision, and in resolving conflicts of each member of

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a level of the organization; and delegative leadership

styles

in

soliciting

the

subordinates

opinions

and

advices in resolving organizational problems and issues.

Majority

of

the

principals

headed

their

schools

through delegative leadership style.

The PE teachers perceived themselves as skilled and
competent enough to teach the concepts of the subject and
to train the students with the necessary skills that must
be adhered to the physical, psychological, physiological
attributes of the students performance as mandated in
the K-12 curriculum.

They communicated in a way that

their students understood better. Their mode of delivery

was anchored to actions more when they were engaged in
physical activities and concretized a perception that
they

very

satisfactorily

used

an

assessment

tool

appropriate to the level of understanding of the students

and

solicited

feedbacks

for

information
instructional

for

assessment

improvements.

and

drew

They

also

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utilized practical tests to determine their impact on

student learning.
The teacher respondents considered the appropriate
technique, instructional materials, the prior knowledge
and the learning styles of the students in the planning
and implementation of the lessons to address the unique
learning needs of the learners.
The PE teachers rated their performance as Very
Satisfactory.
The principals assessed the performance of the PE
teachers

as

Outstanding

Fitness

Competency

with

while

respect

Very

to

Skill

and

Satisfactory

in

Instructional Delivery and Management Standards.

The PE teachers were rated by their principals as
Very Satisfactory.
There was no significant relationship between the
authoritative,

participative

and

delegative

styles and the Fitness based competency.

leadership

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There

was

significant

relationship

between

the

authoritative leadership style and the impact on student

learning.
There was no significant relationship between the
participative

and

delegative

leadership

styles

and

students learning.
There was no significant relationship between the
type

of

leadership

and

instructional

delivery

and

management competencies.
There was no significant relationship between the
type of leadership and the planning and implementation
competency.

The

leadership

styles

of

the

school

principals were not related to the overall performance of

the PE teachers.
The

researcher

concluded

that

the

principals

practiced the delegative leadership styles. Teachers had

very satisfactory performance. There was no significant
relationship between leadership styles of principals and
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except in

authoritative leadership style and the

impact on student learning

It was recommended that principals should apply the
other type of leadership styles in dealing with Physical
education teachers. Principals must look into strategies
of maintaining the very satisfactory performance of the
Physical

Education

continuous

Teachers

professional

like

giving

development

rewards

program.

and

Further

studies about the influence of the leadership styles to

the

performance

areas

should

be

of

the

teachers

conducted.

in

Other

different
factors

subject

about

the

effective managerial techniques should be conducted to

elevate the performance of the teachers.