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The Motivational Roles of Heads of Department in Learners' Performance and Quality of Schooling in South Africa
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Bipath, Keshi; Nkabinde, Mfulathelwa M. B. – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2018
Background: The Global Competitiveness report shows that the quality of primary education in South Africa ranks 132 out of 144 countries. Statistics released by the Department of Basic Education in South Africa reveal that the average mark for Grade 3 learners in the Annual National Assessment (ANA) was 35% for literacy and 28% for numeracy. Aim:…
Descriptors: Department Heads, Academic Achievement, Educational Quality, Foreign Countries
The Instructional Leadership Role of the School Principal on Learners' Academic Achievement
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Maponya, Tebogo John – African Educational Research Journal, 2020
This manuscript reports on the role of the instructional leadership practices of secondary school principals on learner academic achievement. A phenomenological research design under the qualitative research methodology was utilised to explore this phenomenon. The study was conducted in the Capricorn District, Limpopo Province in South Africa.…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Principals, Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries
Collaborative Leadership and Sustained Learner Academic Performance in Secondary Schools: A Blaming Game?
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Schlebusch, Gabriel J. – Africa Education Review, 2020
This article reports on a study that investigated how collaborative leadership can influence sustained learner academic performance in secondary schools. The key problem resounds about secondary schools that are unable either to sustain or improve learner academic performance when intervention strategies rolled out from the district offices are…
Descriptors: Leadership Styles, Academic Achievement, Sustainability, Intervention
Considering the Role of Tutoring in Student Engagement: Reflections from a South African University
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Faroa, Brendon Duran – Journal of Student Affairs in Africa, 2017
Student engagement has been defined as the extent to which students are engaged in activities that higher education research has shown to be linked with high-quality learning outcomes. The ubiquitous influence of the term "student engagement" has been felt throughout the higher education landscape. This is especially true for South…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Tutoring, Learner Engagement
Visibility and Differentiation: Systemic Testing in a Developing Country Context
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Hoadley, Ursula; Muller, Johan – Curriculum Journal, 2016
Why has large-scale standardised testing attracted such a bad press? Why has pedagogic benefit to be derived from test results been downplayed? The paper investigates this question by first surveying the pros and cons of testing in the literature, and goes on to examine educators' responses to standardised, large-scale tests in a sample of low…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Standardized Tests, Developing Nations, Visual Discrimination
Race and Assessment Practice in South Africa: Understanding Black Academic Experience
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Jawitz, Jeff – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2012
Despite efforts to transform the racialised system of higher education in South Africa inherited from apartheid, there has been little research published that interrogates the relationship between race and the experience of academic staff within the South African higher education environment. Drawing on critical discourse analysis and critical…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Racial Segregation, Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries