Exploring the school culture in a township primary school

dc.contributor.advisorEngelbrecht, Altaen
dc.contributor.coadvisorDe Jager, Lizette J.en
dc.contributor.emailkgomotso.lebesa@gauteng.gov.zaen
dc.contributor.postgraduateLebesa, Mabel Kgomotsoen
dc.date.accessioned2015-11-25T09:47:06Z
dc.date.available2015-11-25T09:47:06Z
dc.date.created2015/09/01en
dc.date.issued2015en
dc.descriptionDissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2015.en
dc.description.abstractEducational change in most South African public schools resulted in irregular school attendance by learners; poor performing schools; disputed authority relations between principals, teachers, learners and parents; low morale; general demotivation; conflicts and violence around the school. A negative school culture results in low academic achievement and a high number of disciplinary problems that can result in the malfunctioning of the school. Schools that exhibit a negative school culture experience learners that are unmotivated, unwilling to learn and who demonstrate disruptive behaviour. The study was directed by the following research question: How does school culture impact on the functioning of a township primary school? The attitudes, perceptions and beliefs of the principal, teachers, parents and learners towards the school culture were explored through interviews with the principal and four grade 7 teachers, a focus group discussion with the parents, class observations of one grade 7 class and learners' drawings of the school culture. The transcriptions were analysed using qualitative content analysis. The findings suggest that the learners seem to be the victims in the scenario of this particular school, while all the other stakeholders blame each other and in doing so, add to the negative school culture, rather than trying to improve the school culture in some or other way.en
dc.description.availabilityUnrestricteden
dc.description.degreeMEden
dc.description.departmentHumanities Educationen
dc.description.librariantm2015en
dc.identifier.citationLebesa, MK 2015, Exploring the school culture in a township primary school, MEd Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/50656>en
dc.identifier.otherS2015en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/50656
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherUniversity of Pretoriaen_ZA
dc.rights© 2015 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.titleExploring the school culture in a township primary schoolen
dc.typeDissertationen

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