ERIC Number: ED641619
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2023-Apr-15
Pages: 31
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Game of Schools: A Three-Act Play on Learner Performance in a Public School, a Dramatic Rendition
Shamila Ramsookbhai
AERA Online Paper Repository, AERA Online Paper Repository, Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (Chicago, IL, Apr 13-16, 2023 and Virtual, May 4-5, 2023)
This qualitative study located in a critical interpretivist paradigm focused on what are the factors that contribute to high learner performance at a public school in South Africa. The data was produced via interviews with the participants as well as observations of various school activities and documents. Artistic licence was used and the data presented in a three act play. The literature reviewed focussed on leadership as this aspect was the recurring theme that emerged in the literature on learner performance. A triptych theoretical approach (Marx, Bourdieu, Bronfenbrenner) underpinned this study. The key finding was the fetish for excellence with principal presence as a factor that plays a major role on successful learner performance.
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Role, Academic Achievement, Public Schools, Foreign Countries, School Activities, Educational Quality, Accountability, Drama, Equal Education, Educational Theories, Social Theories
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Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: South Africa
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