Ervarings van departementshoofde as onderrigleiers in parallelmedium-laerskole

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dc.contributor.advisor Joubert, Hendrika J. (Rika) en
dc.contributor.postgraduate De Beer, Zacharias Louw en
dc.date.accessioned 2013-09-07T17:26:32Z
dc.date.available 2012-04-20 en
dc.date.available 2013-09-07T17:26:32Z
dc.date.created 2012-04-18 en
dc.date.issued 2011 en
dc.date.submitted 2011-11-30 en
dc.description Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2011. en
dc.description.abstract Legislation regarding education in South Africa has changed significantly since 1994. One aspect that has changed is language policy and language of learning and teaching at schools. The number of schools that have changed their language policy from single medium to parallel- and dual medium has increased significantly. This change had an impact on the management of schools. The head of department as an instructional leader in his or her department plays an important role in managing this change. The research aims to investigate and describe the instructional leadership role of heads of departments at parallel medium primary schools. Furthermore, this study would also focus on the impact of the leadership role of department heads when the language policy at their respective schools has changed. With the focus on instructional leadership of the heads of departments this case study investigated the challenges experienced by this department heads. The study was conducted at three parallel medium primary schools in Pretoria. This is a qualitative study which interprets data collected by three techniques. The three data collection instruments were observations, interviews and document analysis. The data were analyzed using content analysis. My findings indicate the following: First, a school's language policy has a significant influence on the instructional leadership of heads of departments at parallel medium schools. Second, more specifically, the heads of departments must do tasks and duties in both languages of learning and teaching. This implies a tremendous increase in their workload that includes planning, meetings and communication. Finally, legislation and case law forms the framework within which the heads of departments as instructional leader has to fulfill their tasks. It seems that the participants' have a limited knowledge of the legal framework. en
dc.description.availability unrestricted en
dc.description.department Education Management and Policy Studies en
dc.identifier.citation De Beer, ZL 2011, Ervarings van departementshoofde as onderrigleiers in parallelmedium-laerskole (Afrikaans), MEd dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/29978 > en
dc.identifier.other C12/4/17/gm en
dc.identifier.upetdurl http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-11302011-091633/ en
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/29978
dc.language.iso en
dc.publisher University of Pretoria en_ZA
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dc.subject Departementshoof en
dc.subject Bestuur en
dc.subject Parallelmedium-laerskole en
dc.subject Onderrigleierskap en
dc.subject Regsraamwerk en
dc.subject Taalbeleid en
dc.subject Pligstaat en
dc.subject Werklading en
dc.subject UCTD en_US
dc.title Ervarings van departementshoofde as onderrigleiers in parallelmedium-laerskole en
dc.type Dissertation en


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