Leadership Skills Needed by High School Prefects in the Manzini Region of Eswatini

Autor/inn/en	Tsikati, Alfred F.; Magagula, Thabo F.
Titel	Leadership Skills Needed by High School Prefects in the Manzini Region of Eswatini
Quelle	In: Journal of Leadership Education, 18 (2019) 4, S.82-93 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1552-9045
DOI	10.12806/V18/I4/R7
Schlagwörter	Student Participation; High School Students; Correlation; Teacher Attitudes; Agricultural Education; Extension Education; College Faculty; Interpersonal Relationship; Instructional Leadership; Problem Solving; Motivation Techniques; Student Leadership; Leadership Styles; Peer Relationship; Barriers; Student Characteristics; Leadership Role; Foreign Countries; Eswatini + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Korrelation; Lehrerverhalten; Agriculture; Education; Landwirtschaftliche Ausbildung; Landwirtschaft; Ausbildung; Erweitertes Bildungsangebot; Fakultät; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Instruction; Leadership; Bildung; Erziehung; Führung; Problemlösen; Motivationsförderung; Studentenwerk; Führungsstil; Peer-Beziehungen; Ausland
Abstract	In schools, one form of student participation is through the school prefects. Paucity of information is available on the leadership skills needed by high school prefects in Eswatini. Therefore, this study sought to find out the leadership skills needed by prefects in the Manzini region of Eswatini. The design of the study was descriptive correlational, targeting prefects from secondary schools in the Manzini region in Eswatini. One hundred prefects from 10 secondary schools were randomly sampled. A self-administered questionnaire validated by three lecturers from the Department of Agricultural Education and Extension, University of Eswatini and one teacher from Ngwane High School was used for data collection. The inter-item reliability coefficient established using Cronbach's Alpha was 0.79. Findings revealed that the leadership skills needed by prefects were: respecting other learners; ability to motivate other learners; ability to solve problems; responding to learners' concerns; ability to manage resources, among others. The study concluded that prefects should be afforded leadership skills in interpersonal relationships, management of people, problem solving, resource management, counselling and motivational skills. Therefore, the study recommended that the school prefects should be empowered in these needed leadership skills. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Association of Leadership Educators. e-mail: Jole@aged.tamu.edu; Web site: http://leadershipeducators.org/page-1014283
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2021/2/06