Browsing Research Articles (Education Management and Policy Studies) by Type "Postprint Article"

Browsing Research Articles (Education Management and Policy Studies) by Type "Postprint Article"

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  • Child abuse in Setswana folktales 
    Ramagoshi, Refilwe M.; Maree, J.G. (Kobus); Alexander, Daleen; Molepo, Maisha M. (Taylor & Francis, 2007-05)
    This article examines the possible role played by African folk literature, taking Setswana folktales as a case in point, in justifying and perpetuating the abusive behaviour so often witnessed and decried in postmodern ...
  • Creating functional and sustainable school-community partnerships : lessons from three South African cases 
    Myende, Phumlani Erasmus (Sage, 2019-11)
    Globally, there is agreement that school–community partnerships are one of the mechanisms to address challenges that schools cannot address alone. However, evidence suggests that where school–community partnerships have ...
  • A critical review of student assessment practices in distance education in an emerging economy : benchmarking practices against policy 
    Aluko, Folake Ruth; Omidire, Margaret Funke (Routledge, 2020)
    Higher education in emerging economies has taken advantage of several technology affordances for student assessment in the digital era. However, the use of educational technology remains an area of concern in this context ...
  • Doctoral rites and liminal spaces : academics without PhDs in South Africa and Australia 
    Breier, Mignonne; Herman, Chaya; Towers, Lorraine (Routledge, 2020)
    Academics without PhDs are common in developing countries and among lecturers from marginalised communities, yet the literature on doctoral education largely ignores them. This qualitative study aimed to address that gap ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • The expectations of parent members of school governing bodies regarding teacher workload in South African schools 
    Beckmann, Johan L.; Minnaar, Lorinda (Routledge, 2010-08)
    The South African Schools Act, No. 84 of 1996 (SASA), provides parents with opportunities to serve on the governing bodies of public schools. In this context, members of school governing bodies may hold unique sets of ...
  • Experiencing language challenges in a rural school : implications for learners’ life aspirations 
    Omidire, Margaret Funke (Routledge, 2020)
    This article reports on the influence of communication skills on rural students’ resilience and well-being. Purposive sampling was used to retrospectively select 40 (f: n = 20; m: n = 20) Grade 9 students in a rural school ...
  • 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 ...
  • Functional urban schools amid dysfunctional settings : lessons from South Africa 
    Mawdsley, Ralph D.; Bipath, Keshni; Mawdsley, James L. (SAGE, 2014-05)
    Similar to Dickens’s Tale of Two Cities, this research study is about a tale of two schools. The first type of school is a dysfunctional school. Dysfunctional schools are schools in a state of chaos (Shipengrower & Conway, ...
  • Going beyond Kirkpatrick’s training evaluation model : the role of workplace factors In distance learning transfer 
    Aluko, Folake Ruth; Shonubi, O. (Routledge, 2014)
    This article emanates from a longitudinal study of the impact of a distance education programme for teacher training on graduates’ job performance, in which the authors built on the findings of a previous pilot study. ...
  • How inclusive education is understood by principals of independent schools 
    Gous, Jennifer Glenda; Eloff, Irma; Moen, Melanie Carmen (Routledge, 2014)
    Inclusive education has become a practice that has been adopted by many schools across the globe and most usually in first-world countries. As a whole-school system, it occurs less frequently in developing countries ...
  • The impact of university incorporation on college lecturers 
    Becker, L.R.; Beukes, Lukas D.; Botha, Antoinette; Botha, A.C.; Botha, Jan Jakobus; Botha, M.; Cloete, Dina J.; Cloete, Johann L.; Coetzee, Corene; De Beer, L.J.; De Bruin, D.J.; De Jager, Lizette J.; De Villiers, Johannes Jozua Rian; Du Toit, Cecilia Magdalena; Engelbrecht, Alta; Evans, Rinelle; Haupt, Maria Margaretha Catharina (Grietjie); Heyns, Danielle; Howatt, L.M.; Joubert, A.P.; Joubert, Ina; Niemann, A.C.; Phatudi, Nkidi Caroline; Randall, Elize; Rauscher, Willem Johannes; Rautenbach, W.C.; Scholtz, S.; Schultz, J.C.; Swart, Ronel; Van Aswegen, Hendrika Johanna; Van Heerden, Judith Cornelia (Judy); Van Vollenhoven, Willem Johannes; Van Wyk, Elmarie M.; Van Wyk, Johannes G.U.; Van der Walt, C.A.; Van der Westhuizen, Carol N.; Vermeulen, Dorette; Vorster, A. (Springer Verlag (Germany), 2004-09)
    In South Africa, recent government plans to change the institutional landscape of higher education have resulted in mergers of colleges into universities or technikons. The research reported in this article focuses solely ...
  • An indigenous psychology perspective on psychosocial support in Southern Africa as collective, networking, and pragmatic support 
    Ebersohn, L. (Liesel); Loots, Tilda; Mampane, Motlalepule Ruth; Omidire, Margaret Funke; Malan-van Rooyen, Marlize; Sefotho, Maximus Monaheng; Nthontho, Maitumeleng Albertina (Wiley, 2018-09)
    This comparative case study seeks to describe the traditional African psychosocial support practices used in postcolonial Southern Africa. We use an indigenous psychology theory (relationship‐resourced resilience) as a ...
  • International students seeking political stability and safety in South Africa 
    Lee, Jenny J.; Sehoole, Molatlhegi Trevor Chika (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020-06)
    Given the increasing rate of South to South migration and South Africa’s leading role as a host for internally displaced migrants as well as Africa’s international students, this study examined this intersection of ...
  • The leadership of transition : correction, conciliation and change in South African education 
    Jansen, Jonathan D. (Elsevier, 2007-06)
    This paper focuses on educational leadership in the context of social transition to post-apartheid democracy in South Africa. Transitional leaders manifest behaviours, attitudes, values and strategies that are deeply related ...
  • Looking back at doctoral education in South Africa 
    Herman, Chaya (Routledge, 2017)
    This article provides a quantitative picture of doctoral education in South Africa up to 2010, from the time the first doctorate was awarded in 1899. It identifies the different institutional profiles and emphases of ...
  • Looking back at doctoral education in South Africa 
    Herman, Chaya (Routledge, 2015-10)
    This article provides a quantitative picture of doctoral education in South Africa up to 2010, from the time the first doctorate was awarded in 1899. It identifies the different institutional profiles and emphases of ...
  • Managing teaching and learning in South African schools 
    Bush, Tony; Joubert, Hendrika J. (Rika); Kiggundu, Edith; Van Rooyen, J.W. (Jean Wilhelm) (Elsevier, 2009)
    This paper examines the significance of leadership and management in enhancing classroom practice and improving learner outcomes in two provinces of South Africa. It is increasingly recognised, internationally and in South ...
  • Multilingualism at South African universities : a quiet storm 
    Pillay, Venitha; Yu, Ke (Routledge, 2015-12)
    This article seeks to reinforce the urgency for a multilingual academy in South Africa. It draws on recent quantitative data to unpack the dramatic decline of language enrolments and graduates of the 11 official languages. ...