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Download full textTerhoven, René; Fataar, Aslam – South African Journal of Education, 2018
This article focuses on the way in which the school management teams (SMTs) of three selected working-class schools have developed and implemented a range of leadership practices within their schools in order to provide a platform for optimal teaching and learning. The article is based on qualitative research conducted in schools on the outskirts…
Descriptors: Working Class, Curriculum Development, Educational Policy, Leadership Role
Direct linkHoadley, Ursula; Galant, Jaamia – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2016
Drawing on Bernstein's notion of pedagogic culture or the "mode of being" of the school, this paper develops and uses a theoretical framework for the analysis of school organization that draws attention to specialization of instructional practice. An understanding of the ordering principles of the school emerges from the analysis,…
Descriptors: Specialization, School Organization, Investigations, Educational Practices
Steyn, G. M. – Education and Urban Society, 2016
The focus on schools as communities of learning for teachers has prompted professionals to investigate the role of professional learning within a school context. This is an attempt to investigate the voice of the principal regarding the implementation of teacher collaboration in his or her school, and to determine how teacher collaboration is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Collaboration, Elementary Schools, Qualitative Research
Cox, Glenda; Trotter, Henry – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2016
Several scholars and organizations suggest that institutional policy is a key enabling factor for academics to contribute their teaching materials as open educational resources (OER). But given the diversity of institutions comprising the higher education sector--and the administrative and financial challenges facing many institutions in the…
Descriptors: Organizational Culture, Educational Policy, Universities, Interviews
Duku, N.; Salami, I. A. – Perspectives in Education, 2017
Decolonisation of education is understood in this paper as a means of formalising indigenous culture and knowledge within the formal school system. The focus of this paper is to see how the School Governance Body (SGB) can bring about decolonised education for sustainable development. The African societal culture and traditions seem to be…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Governance, School Administration
van Jaarsveld, Leentjie; Mentz, P. J.; van der Walt, Johannes L. – Africa Education Review, 2016
Visionary leaders shape their actions and initiate transformation to reach a specific goal. To do so is critically important in South Africa, where the education system offers limited opportunities to manage a school in a manner that deviates from the prescribed norm. School leaders typically encounter barriers such as the inadequacy of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Effectiveness, School Administration, Leadership Effectiveness
