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Direct linkDube-Xaba, Zanele; Makae, Malehlohonolo Precious – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2022
Purpose: The aim of quality assessment is to support the development of learners' competencies as required in 21st century economies. This paper aims to analyse the role and understanding of heads of department (HoDs) regarding quality assessment and the moderation of school-based assessment (SBA) tasks in tourism, which is a subject in the…
Descriptors: Tourism, Secondary School Curriculum, Quality Assurance, Department Heads
Download full textMaponya, 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
du Plessis, André; Eberlein, Eric – Africa Education Review, 2018
The qualitative study reported on was, undertaken from a distributed leadership perspective, and was an attempt to provide understanding of how heads of department (HoDs) develop educators within the organisational context of different schools and subject departments. The findings are related to the current policy framework for professional…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Department Heads, Faculty Development, Principals
Mampane, Tebogo Jillian – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2018
The 1994 democratic government of South Africa brought greater responsibility and growth of school-based management in schools which impacted on the role and workload of school leaders (Rosenfeld, Ehrich & Cranston, 2009). Principals of public secondary schools delegated greater responsibility to Heads of Departments who had to ensure that…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Mathematics Instruction, Foreign Countries, Faculty Workload
Obers, Noëlle – Higher Education Research and Development, 2015
This study was conducted at a small "research-led" institution in South Africa. The data indicate that women produce less research than men and have low levels of professional self-esteem. Factors such as accrual of social capital, family responsibilities and self-esteem are constraints experienced by women academics in pursuing research…
Descriptors: Women Faculty, College Faculty, Department Heads, Administrator Role
Horne, Andre Leonard; du Plessis, Yvonne; Nkomo, Stella – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2016
This article examines the role of leadership in the development of academic talent in higher education from a social exchange and organizational support perspective. Drawing from a sample of academic staff at a large South African university, the study investigates the extent to which a quality leader-member exchange relationship versus a formal…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Department Heads, Administrator Role
Strydom, Andries H.; Bitzer, Elias M. – 1984
A project to promote role change for department heads in South African universities is discussed. Unique characteristics of universities in Southern Africa are also identified, including the fact that department heads have only limited decentralized authority over issues such as admission, personnel policy, and finances. Project goals were as…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Administrator Role, College Administration, Department Heads
