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Fostering collective teacher efficacy through values-based leadership in Ethiopian institutions for higher education

Terefe Feyera Bulti (2016-08)

This thesis is entitled “Fostering collective teacher efficacy through values-based leadership in Ethiopian institutions of higher education”, which is delimited to the private universities. The main question was “What ...
Teachers’ experiences of the principal’s instructional leadership styles in primary schools in Gauteng Province

Zvandasara, Sakheni (2016-12)

This study explores teachers’ experiences with the principals’ instructional leadership styles in primary schools in Gauteng province. A qualitative research design was employed in the study to answer the research question. ...
Implementing and sustaining free primary education in Swaziland: the interplay between policy and practice

Dlamini, Bethusile Priscilla (2017-02)

The aim of this study was to investigate the implementation and sustainability of Free Primary Education (FPE) in Swaziland in terms of the interplay between policy and practice. The study was undertaken in four schools ...
Principals' leadership styles and their effects on teachers' performance in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia

Ayene Tamrat Atsebeha (2016-11)

The purpose of this study was to examine the leadership styles adopted by school principals and their influence on the job performance of primary school teachers in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. The study was designed to ...
A strategic management model for transforming selected Swaziland's teacher training colleges into learning organisations

Mahlalela, Amos Makhandane (2017-02)

Teacher training is a significant and integral component of a sound education system. The need for quality programmes and relevantly qualified personnel cannot be overemphasised. Effective learning organisations result ...
The transformational leadership roles of principals at Ethiopian secondary schools

Berhanu Belayneh Beyene (2016-11)

The purpose of this mixed methods research was to investigate the transformational leadership role of principals in Ethiopian secondary schools. The research examined the existence of transformational school leadership ...
Strategies to manage tension between principals and school governing bodies

Ndhlovu, Jabula (2017-04)

Tension between school principals and school governing bodies arises despite a clear demarcation in the South African Schools Act 84 of 1996 of the powers and responsibilities of school governing bodies. The aim of this ...
The impact of the role of school governing bodies : a case study undertaken in the Gert Sibande district of Mpumalanga at Badplaas and Mashishila circuit schools

Nonyane, Dephney Leumang (2016-06)

This study explored the role of School Governing Bodies (SGBs) in public schools in the Gert Sibande district of the Mpumalanga Province of South Africa. It focused on executive members of the SGB of three institutions and ...
The instructional leadership role of the principal in independent schools : towards 21st century classrooms

Pyle, Sandra Joanne (2017-02)

Students no longer respond to content-driven, teacher-centred learning. Literature reveals that changes in methodology and pedagogy of teachers needs to take place in order to keep education relevant and engaging. Classrooms ...
The implementation of the HIV/AIDS policy at a high school in Pinetown District, Kwazulu-Natal Province

Mpunzana, Bongiwe Jacqueline (2017-02)

The researcher explored problems that hamper the implementation of the HIV/AIDS Policy at a specific public high school in KwaZulu-Natal. The research was designed as a qualitative single case study. Various data collection ...
Assisting Grade 12 learners in township schools to perform optimally : a case study in the Tshwane South District of Gauteng Province

Mbuisa, Mahlatini (2016-11)

The aim of this study was to find solutions to problems relating to the fact that many township learners are not optimally prepared for the Grade 12 final examination resulting in them having limited possibilities for ...
Exploring the effects of curriculum change on foundation phase teachers in South Africa : a case study of Sikhulile Circuit of Mpumalanga

Mabuza, Sizani N. (2016-12)

The study explored the effects of curriculum change on foundation phase teachers of Sikhulile Circuit of Mpumalanga in post-apartheid South Africa. Curriculum 2005 (C2005) was introduced in the post-apartheid South Africa ...
The response of educators to principal's instructional leadership at a high school in Gauteng

Mtanga, Alice (2016-11)

Instructional leadership (IL) is a powerful tool that is used by principals to manage schools. There is a need for principals to fully embrace this concept of leadership and understand how educators respond to their IL. ...
A framework to integrate the formal learning with the informal workplace learning of statisticians in a developmental state

Van der Berg, Gwendoline Hilary (2017-01)

The topic of integrating the formal learning of graduates with their informal workplace learning has been debated for many years. In practice, however, these two types of learning still exist as two polar opposites, ...
The leadership experiences of female secondary school principals in Sekhukhune District, Limpopo

Makgoka, Kolobe Philliah (2016-09)

Studies on women principals and leadership have been conducted in both developed and developing countries. Not much research on women leadership has been undertaken in Sekhukhune region in rural Limpopo, South Africa. The ...
The principal's instructional leadership role towards creating effective teaching and learning : a case study of two high schools in Ivory Park Township

Dongo, Edmore (2016-10)

This research investigated the instructional leadership roles of selected township principals. Its main focus was therefore to explore and understand the roles and practices engaged in by township principals in order to ...
Ethics, Truth and Politics in Constructivist Qualitative Research

Soobrayan, Venitha (2010)

In this article I make two claims with respect to the ethics, truth and politics of qualitative research. The first is that confronting ethics, truth and politics in research is in effect a confrontation with the self. ...
White women speak, black women write: the politics of locution and location in the other researching the not other

Pillay, Venitha (Taylor & Francis, 2009)

This paper scrutinizes a rare methodological moment when I found myself, an unseasoned black woman scholar, researching the lives of three white women. In this reflective process, I make a single point: that the locution ...
Narrative style: the inseparability of self, style and text

Pillay, Venitha (Taylor & Francis, 2006)

This paper arose in response to a request from my colleague who supervised my doctoral thesis. He suggested that I explain my choice of narrative style. I discovered that, contrary to my immediate reaction that I did not ...
Do legal frameworks direct merger outcomes? A study of the legal origins and consequences of recent higher education mergers

Soobrayan, Venitha (Higher Education South Africa (HESA), 2003)

This article traces the legal challenges and contestations embedded in five recent cases of higher education mergers in South Africa. I am aware that there are a number of forms of mergers. For the purposes of this article ...

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