Leadership Approaches to Negotiate Challenges in a Changing Education Landscape
The argumentative point of departure of this scholarly book is the common conviction of specialists in the field of education in South Africa that the national education system is not at a satisfactory level – in both the academic and the public discourse. Such allegations are made and, frequently,...
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| author | Van Jaarsveld, Leentjie Mentz, Kobus Wolhuter, Charl C. Challens, Branwen Henry Khumalo, Jan Malan , Annadene Tapala, Tshepo van der Vyver, CP Van Wyk, Arrie Vos, Deon |
| author_browse | Challens, Branwen Henry Khumalo, Jan Malan , Annadene Mentz, Kobus Tapala, Tshepo Van Jaarsveld, Leentjie Van Wyk, Arrie Vos, Deon Wolhuter, Charl C. van der Vyver, CP |
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| description | The argumentative point of departure of this scholarly book is the common conviction of specialists in the field of education in South Africa that the national education system is not at a satisfactory level – in both the academic and the public discourse. Such allegations are made and, frequently, stronger adjectives than ‘non-satisfactory’ are used. Results of international test series in which South Africa has participated, such as the 2015 TIMSS tests, confirm the negative verdicts found in the (public and scholarly) discourse. This book aims to argue that although the lack of performance could be attributed to a multiplicity of factors, one factor that can make a difference in the achievement levels obtained by learners in schools is leadership. The book demonstrates that a particular problem of both the scholarly and the public discourse on education in South Africa is an overtone of defeatism or resignation, blaming all ills in the education system and educational institutions on historical legacies and/or contextual factors (such as socio-economic deprivation in the catchment areas of schools) or poor resources and infrastructure. This collected work was inspired by a recently published spate of articles on top-performing schools (including top-performing schools in rural communities), in which it was demonstrated that good leadership can overcome such contextual and other challenges. The book unpacks the issue of leadership in South African schools from a variety of perspectives, thus contributing to the development of the scholarly discourse on Educational Leadership in South Africa. The target audience of the book is scholars of Educational Leadership. The research reported in the chapters draw on a wide range of methodologies, including empirical (survey) research (questionnaires and interviews), critical literature surveys, and the comparative method. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-697362025-03-12T08:59:55Z Leadership Approaches to Negotiate Challenges in a Changing Education Landscape Van Jaarsveld, Leentjie Mentz, Kobus Wolhuter, Charl C. Challens, Branwen Henry Khumalo, Jan Malan , Annadene Tapala, Tshepo van der Vyver, CP Van Wyk, Arrie Vos, Deon Van Jaarsveld, Leentjie Mentz, Kobus Wolhuter, Charl C. Academic achievement Leadership Management School climate Training Educational leadership South African education thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNK Educational administration and organization bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education::JNK Organization & management of education The argumentative point of departure of this scholarly book is the common conviction of specialists in the field of education in South Africa that the national education system is not at a satisfactory level – in both the academic and the public discourse. Such allegations are made and, frequently, stronger adjectives than ‘non-satisfactory’ are used. Results of international test series in which South Africa has participated, such as the 2015 TIMSS tests, confirm the negative verdicts found in the (public and scholarly) discourse. This book aims to argue that although the lack of performance could be attributed to a multiplicity of factors, one factor that can make a difference in the achievement levels obtained by learners in schools is leadership. The book demonstrates that a particular problem of both the scholarly and the public discourse on education in South Africa is an overtone of defeatism or resignation, blaming all ills in the education system and educational institutions on historical legacies and/or contextual factors (such as socio-economic deprivation in the catchment areas of schools) or poor resources and infrastructure. This collected work was inspired by a recently published spate of articles on top-performing schools (including top-performing schools in rural communities), in which it was demonstrated that good leadership can overcome such contextual and other challenges. The book unpacks the issue of leadership in South African schools from a variety of perspectives, thus contributing to the development of the scholarly discourse on Educational Leadership in South Africa. The target audience of the book is scholars of Educational Leadership. The research reported in the chapters draw on a wide range of methodologies, including empirical (survey) research (questionnaires and interviews), critical literature surveys, and the comparative method. 2021-05-18T15:53:18Z 2020 book ONIX_20210518_9781928523512_47 ONIX_20210518_9781928523512_47 OCN: 1236393742 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/48741 9781928523499 9781928523505 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/69736 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/48741/1/9781928523512.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/48741/1/9781928523512.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/48741/1/9781928523512.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/48741/1/9781928523512.pdf AOSIS 10.4102/aosis.2020.BK213 10.4102/aosis.2020.BK213 c47a1220-d848-4e78-88cd-74f293e3d4f4 North-West University 208c8d2f-51b9-4ce8-94fd-a03ac746f4e3 9781928523499 9781928523505 400 Durbanville [grantnumber unknown] open access |
| spellingShingle | Academic achievement Leadership Management School climate Training Educational leadership South African education thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNK Educational administration and organization bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education::JNK Organization & management of education Van Jaarsveld, Leentjie Mentz, Kobus Wolhuter, Charl C. Challens, Branwen Henry Khumalo, Jan Malan , Annadene Tapala, Tshepo van der Vyver, CP Van Wyk, Arrie Vos, Deon Leadership Approaches to Negotiate Challenges in a Changing Education Landscape |
| title | Leadership Approaches to Negotiate Challenges in a Changing Education Landscape |
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| title_short | Leadership Approaches to Negotiate Challenges in a Changing Education Landscape |
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| topic | Academic achievement Leadership Management School climate Training Educational leadership South African education thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNK Educational administration and organization bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education::JNK Organization & management of education |
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