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Leadership and rurality: deputy principals’ leadership experiences in secondary schools in a rural context.
(2022)The purpose of this study was to explore the lived experiences of deputy principals leading in schools located in a rural context. Meanings shaping their leadership practices and the practices they exert to respond to ... -
The role of principals in establishment and sustenance of teamwork within the school: a case study of three primary schools in KwaMashu circuit.
(2022)The purpose of the study was to explore the role of principals in the establishment and sustenance of teamwork within their schools. It is hoped that the study will contribute in understanding the challenges the principals ... -
Teachers’ understandings and practices of professional self-development: perspectives from thirteen teachers.
(2022)This study explored teachers’ understandings and practices of professional self-development, drawing from the perspectives from thirteen teachers. My interest in this study arose from the reports of teachers’ poor ... -
Financial management in affluent secondary schools in Gauteng: a case study.
(2023)In South Africa, research revealed that many schools fail to effectively manage their finances due to various factors, including the limited financial management knowledge of their governing bodies. The South African Schools ... -
A case study of principals leadership roles in addressing learner indiscipline in four secondary schools in the uMgungundlovu District.
(2023)The study explores the common and reoccurring phenomenon of learner indiscipline in secondary schools, specifically the principals’ role in addressing learner indiscipline from a leadership perspective. Principals are ... -
Leading for quality teaching and learning: a case study of six departmental heads in three secondary schools within the Pinetown district.
(2022)The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of six Departmental Heads in their leadership towards achieving quality teaching and learning within the secondary schools under the Pinetown district. The theoretical ... -
Leading instruction in TVET college campuses: learning from experiences of five campus managers in two colleges.
(2022)The purpose of the study reported in this dissertation was to explore campus managers’ experiences of leading instruction in Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) college campuses. It is responsibility of a ... -
The ripple effects of the implementation of the learner progression policy: perspectives of secondary school principals.
(2021)This study focused on exploring the perspectives of secondary school principals regarding the ripple effects of the implementation of the Learner Progression Policy on teaching and learning in the Further Education and ... -
Perspectives of principals on the position of deputy principals in selected secondary schools of uMlazi district.
(2022)The purpose of this study was to explore the perspectives of principals on the position of deputy principals in five selected township secondary schools. Three research questions guided the study, these research questions ... -
Leadership for quality teaching and learning: perspectives of departmental heads in secondary schools in Pinetown district.
(2022)The purpose of the study was to explore secondary schools’ departmental heads' perspectives about leadership for quality teaching and learning. The study explored perspectives of four Departmental Heads’ (DHs’) leadership ... -
Exploring the role of the school management teams in inducting novice educators.
(2022)The purpose of this study was to explore the understanding of school management teams (SMTs) members of their role in inducting novice educators. The study sought to investigate the role played by SMT in the induction ... -
Enhancing primary schools’ accountability for schools’ performance: perspective of Umgungundlovu District officials.
(2021)The attainment of quality education for all, as envisaged by the Department of Basic Education (DBE), is embedded in the willingness by all stakeholders to play their part in ensuring that effective teaching and learning ... -
The leadership role of principals in parental engagement to address learner indiscipline: a case study of four secondary schools in Harry Gwala District.
(2022)Learner indiscipline is a major challenge that obstructs teaching and learning it also disrupts other stakeholders at schools from carrying out their work smoothly. The various stakeholders must rely on the school code ... -
School leadership practices in high performing rural primary schools in Lesotho: a case study.
(2022)The purpose of the study was to explore leadership practices in high performing rural primary schools in Qacha’s Nek district. The duty of the principal is to provide every learner in the school with access to education ... -
Learners’ constructions of polygamy: narratives from one KwaZulu-Natal high school.
(2018)The study sought to investigate the schooling experiences of high school learners who are directly or indirectly affected by polygamy. Focus was on the context of the dominant societal discourse that privileges monogamy ... -
A case study of the experiences of teachers teaching in classrooms in selected school quintiles.
(2017)Abstract available in PDF. -
‘Climbing the ladder’: leadership succession through the development of teachers in self-governed schools in South Africa.
(2021)Leadership in schools is seen as invaluable, and the competence of leadership is said to have a direct correlation to a school’s success. This study serves to understand what self-governed fee-paying schools do to ... -
Transforming school culture in the era of Covid-19: narratives of primary school principals leading township schools.
(2021)Covid-19 brought on unprecedented changes to education and, more specifically, schools. School principals were left with the mammoth task of adapting how they led and managed schools during these unpredictable times. ... -
Leadership in times of crisis: lived experiences of campus managers in a technical vocational education and training college.
(2021)The study focused on exploring campus managers lived experiences in times of crisis, particularly during COVID 19 in a TVET college. The study examined the leadership challenges inherent in these experiences and the ... -
Instructional leadership in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic: a case study of departmental heads in rural secondary schools.
(2021)This research aimed at exploring the DHs’ instructional leadership experiences in the midst of COVID-19 pandemic in the Gert Sibande District in the Mpumalanga Province. The study focused on the DHs’ experiences in ...
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