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Direct linkChikoko, Vitallis; Naicker, Inbanathan; Mthiyane, Siphiwe – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2015
This paper reports on evidence from five school principals regarding leadership practices that work in multiple deprived contexts. The South African educational landscape is complex, often described as a cocktail of first and third world institutions. Looking at the schooling system on a continuum, on the one end there are first class schools…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Disadvantaged Schools, Disadvantaged Environment, School Administration
Mawdsley, Ralph D.; Bipath, Keshni; Mawdsley, James L. – Education and Urban Society, 2014
Similar to Dickens's "Tale of Two Cities", this research study is about a tale of two schools. The first type of school is a dysfunctional school. Dysfunctional schools are schools in a state of chaos (Shipengrower & Conway, 1998). The second school is that of order. The researchers refer to this school as a functional school. In…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Accountability, Educational Policy, Educational Change
Nyoni, Jabulani – Perspectives in Education, 2013
The South African State is mandated by Sections 28(2) and 29(1) of the South African Constitution to make provision for the education of a South African child in fulfilment of the child's constitutional rights. Teacher Unions (TUs) and provincial Departments of Basic Education (DBEs) have often promised South African high school student body, in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High Schools, Remedial Programs, Educational Legislation
Taylor, Nick – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2009
The implementation of standards-based accountability (SBA) interventions aimed at improving school performance often focuses on the testing component, at the expense of capacity building. This was the case in South Africa when a SBA programme was instituted by government in 2000, which was accompanied by substantial rises in senior certificate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Accountability, Academic Standards, Educational Assessment
