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Education Management and Policy Studies: Recent submissions

  • Access to and the provision of preschool education : the trajectory since 1994 
    Beckmann, Johan L.; Phatudi, Nkidi Caroline (The Verloren van Themaat Centre for Public Law Studies, UNISA, 2012)
    No abstract available.
  • School desegregation trends in Gauteng Province 
    Amsterdam, Christina E.N.; Nkomo, Mokubung O.; Weber, Everard (Unisa Press and Taylor & Francis, 2012-08-03)
    This study utilized 2003 to 2006 school enrollment data from the Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) to examine school desegregation trends and interracial exposure among learners from different race groups. Descriptive ...
  • The use of drawings to facilitate interviews with orphaned children in Mpumalanga province, South Africa 
    Ogina, Teresa Auma (EASA, 2012)
    HIV/AIDS and being orphaned impact greatly on children's lives. This article explores the life experiences of orphaned children in Mpumalanga province, South Africa. In this qualitative case study, draw-write techniques ...
  • Purpose of the PhD - a South African perspective 
    Herman, Chaya (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012-03)
    The article sets out to explore how PhD programme leaders in South Africa view the purpose of the PhD, and how their views shape their responses to recent policies with regard to the PhD. If refers in particular to the ...
  • Exploring the role of the principal in creating a functional school culture 
    Bipath, Keshni (World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, 2012-09)
    This article contributes to ongoing attempts to identify predictors for creating a functional school culture in South Africa and explores the role of the principal in creating such a culture. A review of the literature ...
  • Expanding doctoral education in South Africa : pipeline or pipedream? 
    Herman, Chaya (Routledge, 2011-08)
    The purpose of this paper is to discuss both the status of the PhD in South Africa and the feasibility of the country’s aspiration to increase by fivefold the production of PhDs by 2025. Based on the first empirical studies ...
  • Does ABET contribute to OHS in mining? 
    Tuchten, Gwyneth; Nkomo, Mokubung O. (South African Society of Occupational Medicine (SASOM), 2012-05)
    South African mines have an unacceptable occupational health and safety (OHS) record. Of particular concern are the categories of workers who are most vulnerable to accidents and disease and who generally have the least ...
  • Parent participation in school governance : a legal analysis of experiences in South Africa and Kentucky 
    Bathon, Justin; Beckmann, Johan L.; Bjork, Lars G. (Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Incorporated, 2011-10-27)
    This comparative study on the educational governance systems of South Africa and the Commonwealth of Kentucky examines legal evidence from judicial decisions and administrative law to understand similarities in how ...
  • Doctoral education in South Africa – research and policy 
    Herman, Chaya (Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2011)
    The doctorate has a long history in South Africa. The first doctorate was in law and was awarded at the University of the Cape of Good Hope in 1899 to William Alison Macfadyen. Since then, South African universities have ...
  • Doing justice to social justice in South African higher education 
    Tjabane, Masebala; Pillay, Venitha (Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2011-06)
    This paper attempts to develop a conceptualisation of social justice in higher education based on a close reading of the current literature in the field. An important assumption we make is that higher education is a ...
  • Dilemma of school districts in managing career counseling in South Africa 
    Mahlangu, Vimbi Petrus (Scholarlink Resource Centre, 2011)
    Historically most of the privileged white schools offered career guidance opportunities to their learners. Prior to 1994 career guidance was compulsory for white learners. Black education operated under the Department ...
  • Power struggle between government and the teacher unions in South Africa 
    Mahlangu, Vimbi Petrus; Pitsoe, Victor Justice (Scholarlink Resource Centre Limited, 2011)
    The article under the title ‘Power Struggle between the Government and the Teacher Unions in South Africa in the 2007 and 2010 Salary Negotiations sets out to show, inter alia, that there can be no doubt that the intention of ...
  • Onderwys in Suid-Afrika van 1961 tot 2011 : tussen twee paradigmas en ontwykende ideale 
    Beckmann, Johan L. (Suid Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap & Kuns, 2011-12)
    This article forms part of the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Tydskrif vir Geesteswetenskappe. It presents an overview of events and debates in education provision in South Africa during the period under ...
  • Tracking enrolments and graduations in humanities education in South Africa : are we in crisis? 
    Yu, K.; Pillay, Venitha (Unisa Press, 2011)
    In this article we respond to the perceived crisis in humanities education in South Africa which posits firstly that large numbers of students are leaving this field and that secondly, the value of a humanities education ...
  • Obstacles to success - doctoral student attrition in South Africa 
    Herman, Chaya (Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2011-09)
    The article explores doctoral attrition in South Africa, investigating and comparing the attributions of attrition of doctoral students and PhD programme leaders. The article is based on secondary data analysis of two large ...
  • Student mobility and doctoral education in South Africa 
    Sehoole, Molatlhegi Trevor Chika (Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2011-09)
    This article analyses doctoral education programmes in South Africa with a particular focus on student mobility. It investigates pull and push factors as a conceptual framework, arguing that the patterns of student mobility ...
  • Social justice in education today 
    Nieuwenhuis, Jan (SUNMeDIA, 2011)
    Authors on social justice provide a specific lens through which social justice in education can be viewed. They construct an ideal that cannot be legislated or achieved by means of international conventions or declarations ...
  • The best interest of the child : a United States and South African perspective 
    Mawdsley, Ralph D.; Beckmann, Johan L.; De Waal, Elda; Russo, Charles J. (Faculty of Law, University of the Free State, 2010)
    This article examines the different approaches taken in the United States (U.S.) and South Africa with regard to the best interests of students / learners. The U.S. has a tradition of invoking a best interest standard for ...
  • Elusive equity in doctoral education in South Africa 
    Herman, Chaya (Rouledge, 2011-02)
    This paper explores the drive to expand the quantity and quality of PhD’s in South Africa and the impact this has had on under-represented groups, in particular black South Africans. Based on both qualitative and ...
  • Human rights, juridical forms and the crisis of values in education 
    Keet, Andre (Faculty of Law, University of the Free State, 2010)
    Though critical of, but nonetheless employing Habermas' notion of systems and lifeworld (which forms part of his reconstructive theory of law), I argue that rights-related values in South Africa have taken on a juridical ...