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Implementation of School Uniform Policy and the Violation of Students' Human Rights in Schools
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Mahlangu, Vimbi Petrus – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2017
The paper highlights the violations of students' human rights in schools. The problem is the incident that took place at a school in Pretoria in 2016 where Black girls protested against the School's Code of Conduct relating to hairstyle. Qualitative approach was used to collect information through a literature review and desk-top research methods.…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, School Policy, School Uniforms, Foreign Countries
What Counts as Inclusion?
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Walton, E.; Nel, N. – Africa Education Review, 2012
In the years since the publication in South Africa of White Paper Six: Special needs education (Department of Education (DoE) 2001) various schools in the state and independent sectors have begun to implement inclusive policies and practices. With reference to the Guidelines for full-service/inclusive schools issued in 2009, and by discussing a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Special Education, Inclusion, Educational Policy
Stubborn Roots: Race, Culture, and Inequality in U.S. and South African Schools
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Carter, Prudence L. – Oxford University Press, 2012
What are the features of the school environment that make students' of color incorporation greater at some schools than at others? Prudence L. Carter seeks to answer this basic but bedeviling question through a rich comparative analysis of the organizational and group dynamics in eight schools located within four cities in the United States and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Environment, Organizational Climate, Group Dynamics
An Exploration of the Importance of Piloting and Access as Action Research
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Gudmundsdottir, Greta Bjork; Brock-Utne, Birgit – Educational Action Research, 2010
In this article we illustrate how the piloting process has influenced two widely different studies within the educational sciences. These studies differ in design but have as a common denominator that they used piloting methods in their preparatory process. They are also similar in the intention of the main researchers of conducting research with…
Descriptors: Action Research, Pilot Projects, Research Methodology, Qualitative Research
Beyond Divestment.
Vulgamore, Melvin L. – AGB Reports, 1989
Albion College established a study team of board members, faculty, and students on both sides of the South Africa divestment question to educate the campus community and determine institutional policy. After a year of study, the team decided to invest in South Africa rather than withdraw resources and reduce influence. (MSE)
Descriptors: Apartheid, College Role, Governing Boards, Higher Education
The South African Schools Act of 1996: A Break with the Past.
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Maithufi, I. P. – 1997
Education in South Africa underwent major changes with the passage of the South African Schools Act of 1996. The details of this act and some of its consequences are outlined in this report. The paper opens with the particulars of the act and delves into the act's wording, asking "What is basic education?" and "What is meant by…
Descriptors: Desegregation Methods, Educational Change, Educational Environment, Educational Innovation