Successful ways of managing schools : a story of a woman principal

dc.contributor.advisorPillay, Venithaen
dc.contributor.coadvisorOgina, Teresa Aumaen
dc.contributor.emailoz.ofentsy@gmail.comen
dc.contributor.postgraduateZulu, Sibongile Mariaen
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-08T13:07:14Z
dc.date.available2017-06-08T13:07:14Z
dc.date.created2017-05-09en
dc.date.issued2016en
dc.descriptionDissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2016.en
dc.description.abstractThis is a qualitative study that explores the strategies used by a woman principal to build a successful high school. Despite the plethora of gender supportive policies in South Africa women are still underrepresented in school management positions. Those who do shatter the glass ceiling face gender discrimination resulting from societal and cultural stereotypes. This study aims to tell the story of a woman principal who battled social, patriarchal and institutional odds and still succeeded as a leader. The findings reveal that the principal relied on her womanly attributes of caring, empathy, knowing the community and involving parents. In demonstrating support for the community in which she worked and in having the courage to care she was able to transform her school. This study shows that caring is a form of power. She is a transformational leader who managed to change the school culture from being dysfunctional to being successful. Collaboration and staff development are the other strategies that led to the success of the school managed by Debra, the woman principal in this study. Narrative inquiry as qualitative research approach was employed in order to explore the experiences of Debra, as the principal in this study is named. Purposive sampling was used for the selection of the participant. Data was collected by means of in-depth and semi-structured interviews supported by school documents. Transformational Leadership Theory, as described by Bass (1999), provided guidance for conceptualizing and analysing the leadership strategies used by the principal. The transformational leader promotes followers' innovation by considering their developmental needs while providing support and coaching through charisma, inspiration, intellectual stimulation and individualised consideration.en_ZA
dc.description.availabilityUnrestricteden
dc.description.degreeMEden
dc.description.departmentEducation Management and Policy Studiesen
dc.description.librarian2024dzm
dc.identifier.citationZulu, SM 2016, Successful ways of managing schools : a story of a woman principal, MEd Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/60989>en
dc.identifier.otherA2017en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/60989
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherUniversity of Pretoriaen
dc.rights© 2017 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria.en
dc.subjectUCTDen
dc.subjectSuccessful ways of managing schoolsen
dc.subjectWoman principalen
dc.subjectTransformational leadershipen
dc.subjectActivismen
dc.subject.otherEducation theses SDG-04
dc.subject.otherSDG-04: Quality education
dc.subject.otherEducation theses SDG-05
dc.subject.otherSDG-05: Gender equality
dc.subject.otherEducation theses SDG-10
dc.subject.otherSDG-10: Reduced inequalities
dc.titleSuccessful ways of managing schools : a story of a woman principalen_ZA
dc.typeDissertationen

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