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A comparative study of family functioning and parenting styles between families of substance users and non-users in GrabouwEssop, Roshin January 2017 (has links)
Magister Artium (Child and Family Studies) - MA(CFS) / Substance use amongst youth in Grabouw has been recognised as a concern by the
community. Essentially parenting styles and family functioning are important contributors to adolescents‘ engagement in substance use. Adolescence is a sensitive time for youths as they are faced with many developmental changes; consequently it is vital for positive parenting styles and healthy family functioning to be present to ensure healthy development. However, previous research shows that families of substance users do not function in a healthy manner and tend to have negative parenting styles. The aim of this study is to compare family functioning and parenting styles within the families of substance users and non-users in Grabouw. The study used a quantitative approach with a cross-sectional, correlational comparative design. The sample consisted of 300 adolescents between the ages of 15-17 years in schools in Grabouw. The participants completed the McMaster Family Assessment Device (FAD) and the Parenting Styles
Dimension Questionnaire (PSDQ). Descriptive statistics and the Pearson correlation were used to analyse the data. A t-test was used to determine the differences between groups. The findings of the study show that there is no difference in family functioning between the user and non-user groups. Notably, findings reveal that authoritative and permissive parenting styles are the prevalent parenting styles in both user and non-user groups. Furthermore the results indicate that the authoritarian parenting style was higher in the substance using group. The findings also show that there is no correlation between family functioning and the authoritative parenting style.
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The meanings of sustainable community wellness in Grabouw : exploring intersections of sustainability and wellness from a complexity thinking perspectiveVan Den Berg, Wessel Jan 03 1900 (has links)
Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2012. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: An exploration of the integrated nature of sustainable development planning and health care was done
in the context of people living and working in the town of Grabouw in the Western Cape. The problem
that was investigated was that people working within local government and community health
networks treated sustainable development planning and health care as separate issues.
The notion of wellness, as different from health, was used as a central theme in the study. It allowed
for an acknowledgement of the multidimensionality and contextual nature of human well-being. The
notion of sustainable community wellness was used to guide the research, and was viewed as a
complex phenomenon. The meanings of sustainable community wellness to people who work and live
within local government and community health networks in Grabouw were observed and documented.
Complexity theory was then used to discuss the observed perspectives on sustainable community
wellness.
Two factors informed the selection of Grabouw as a research site: Firstly, a comprehensive
sustainable development programme was being carried out in the town of Grabouw during the
research. Secondly, a few community health care initiatives were also being implemented at the time.
Community care workers who worked in one of the community health organisations participated as
primary research participants.
The research combined conceptual and empirical research. The conceptual research consisted of a
literature review of perspectives on wellness in Grabouw. The empirical research methods that were
used combined ethnography in the form of participant observation, and participatory action research in
the form of participatory photography. The researcher accompanied community care workers on their
daily visits to patients. The care workers took photographs of aspects of their surroundings that
represented sustainable community wellness, or the lack thereof, to them. Photographs were analysed
through focus group discussions and pertinent themes were subsequently identified.
Three meanings of sustainable community wellness were discovered. The first was the structural,
governmental meaning that gave importance to health and socio-economic statistics, based on the
mortality profile of the area. Wellness was seen from this perspective as a challenge that could be met
with strategic planning. The second meaning was the community-based experience of environmental
factors in Grabouw that had an impact on wellness, such as water, community forums and living
spaces. In this case, wellness was experienced as a rich and diverse set of factors, both social and
environmental. The third meaning was observed as instances where the apparent separate entities of
local government, the community, and the physical environment were seen as one socio-ecological
system, of which sustainable community wellness was an emergent property.
These instances demonstrated the importance of managing the quality of relationships within the
system, the need to enhance the autonomy of people working in the system and the potential of
community care workers to be agents of sustainable community wellness. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Ondersoek is gedoen na die geïntegreerde aard van volhoubare ontwikkelingsbeplanning en
gesondheidsorg in die konteks van mense wat in die dorp Grabouw in die Wes-Kaap woon en werk.
Die probleem wat ondersoek is, is dat mense wat in plaaslike regerings- en
gemeenskapsgesondsheidnetwerke werk, volhoubare ontwikkelingsbeplanning en gesondheidsorg as
afsonderlike sake beskou.
Die begrip ‘welstand’, wat in betekenis van ‘gesondheid’ verskil, is as 'n sentrale tema in die studie
gebruik, en is soortgelyk aan die begrip ‘welwees’. Dit het erkenning verleen aan die
meerdimensionele en kontekstuele aard van menslike welwees. Die begrip volhoubare gemeenskapswelstand
wat as 'n komplekse verskynsel beskou is, het die ondersoek gerig. Die betekenis van
volhoubare gemeenskaps-welstand vir mense wat in plaaslike regerings- en
gemeenskapsgesondheidnetwerke in Grabouw woon en werk, is waargeneem en gedokumenteer.
Kompleksiteitsteorie is voorts gebruik om die waargenome perspektiewe op die volhoubare
gemeenskaps-welstand te bespreek. Twee faktore het die besluit om Grabouw as 'n navorsingsgebied
te gebruik, beïnvloed: Eerstens was daar tydens die navorsingstydperk reeds 'n omvattende
volhoubare ontwikkeling program in Grabouw aan die gang. Tweedens was 'n paar
gemeenskapsgesondheidsorg-inisiatiewe ook in dié tydperk aktief. Gemeenskapgesondheidswerkers
wat in een van die gemeenskapsgesondheidsorganisasies gewerk het, was primêre deelnemers aan
die navorsing.
In hierdie ondersoek is konseptuele en empiriese navorsing gekombineer. Die konseptuele navorsing
het uit 'n literatuuroorsig van perspektiewe op welwees in Grabouw bestaan. Die empiriese
navorsingsmetodes wat gebruik is, het etnografie in die vorm van deelnemende waarneming, asook
deelnemende-aksie-navorsing in die vorm van deelnemende fotografie, behels. Die navorser het
gemeenskapsgesondheidswerkers op hul daaglikse besoeke aan pasiënte vergesel. Hierdie werkers
het foto's geneem van die aspekte van hul omgewing wat na hulle mening die volhoubare
gemeenskaps-welstand, of die gebrek daaraan, verteenwoordig. Foto's is tydens
fokusgroepbesprekings ontleed en relevante temas is daardeur geïdentifiseer.
Drie betekenisse van die volhoubare gemeenskaps-welstand het tydens die ondersoek na vore
gekom. Die eerste is die strukturele, regeringsverwante betekenis wat bestaan het uit gesondheidsen
sosio-ekonomiese statistiek, gebaseer op die sterftesyferprofiel van die gebied. Welstand is vanuit
hierdie perspektief gesien as 'n uitdaging wat deur middel van strategiese beplanning aangepak kon
word. Die tweede betekenis is die gemeenskapsgebaseerde ervaring van omgewingsfaktore wat 'n
uitwerking op welstand het, soos water, gemeenskapsforums en leefareas in Grabouw. Welstand is in
hierdie geval ervaar as bestaande uit 'n reeks ryke en diverse faktore wat beide sosiaal en
omgewingsverwant is. Die derde betekenis is waargeneem deur die identifisering van die gevalle wat
die kompleksiteit van die stelsel wat bestudeer is, verteenwoordig het. In hierdie gevalle is die
oënskynlike aparte entiteite van plaaslike regering, die gemeenskap, en die fisiese omgewing gesien
as 'n sosio-ekologiese sisteem waarvan volhoubare gemeenskaps-welstand 'n ontluikende element is. Deur hierdie gevalle is daar aangetoon dat dit belangrik is om die gehalte van die verhoudings binne
die stelsel te bestuur en om die outonomie van die mense wat binne die stelsel werk te ondersteun.
Ten slotte is die potensiaal van gemeenskapsgesondheidswerkers om as agente van die volhoubare
gemeenskaps-welstand op te tree, uitgelig.
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A mobile-based service to promote reproductive health for youth-at-risk: the case of Grabouw, Western Cape, South AfricaLipito, Hedvig Nyanyukweni Kakoko January 2015 (has links)
Thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Master of Technology: Information Technology in the Faculty of Informatics and Design, at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology / Transitioning from childhood to adulthood is typically coupled with many puberty related challenges, and such challenges are heightened by access deficiency to reproductive health information. The situation is worsened in under-resourced communities in Southern Africa as the youth’s socio-economic status is hampered by a lack of timely informed education. Such youth groups are referred to as youth-at-risk. The youth are the most affected in recent days as they are exposed to various health disturbances. The youth need to be aware of critical life information, particularly reproductive health information, in order to make better choices. With mobile technology being an integral part of everyday life and more appealing to the youth, opportunities are opened up for the use of mobile functionalities or an extension thereof to provide relevant mobile-based services for information access. Recently, health information is shared and is accessible on different mobile platforms. This research project focuses on mobile-based services to promote reproductive health information for youth-at-risk groups, aged 18 to 24 from the Grabouw community in the Western Cape of South Africa.
Most of mobile technology’s solutions and proposed mobile-based services come from elsewhere with little or no consideration of the communities and people who will use these services. The youth was engaged in different activities as participants to design a mobile-based service to promote reproductive health information, putting them at the center of the design process as design partners. Service design methods and tools were used as the methodology in a systematic manner. A Double Diamond framework consisting of four phases (Discover, Define, Develop and Deliver) was followed in order to collect the data. The phases guided the design process from ideation to co-designing of the service prototyped herein. Different ways of accessing information especially reproductive health information by youth-at-risk were identified. The available technology and existing practices to access reproductive health information were also identified.
Results clearly indicate that the youth are motivated to use mobile phones to share and receive health information. The youth currently have access to reproductive health information and services, however some services require the youth to travel long distances by vehicle or by walking. The youth walk as a result of lack of transport in some locations because there is no infrastructure in place to support vehicles. Furthermore, the information available to the youth currently is not contextualised, therefore making it irrelevant with consideration to resources available in this particular community. The research project recommends that when a solution is being designed for any community, all the relevant stakeholders have to be involved in the design and development process to allow for a co-design interaction that allows for a usable and relevant solution design with and for the intended users. Involving the user in the design process accelerates adoption if an innovation and easy technology appropriation in the user’s environment. The users add the value needed as they are sharing knowledge, experiences and way of doing things which have a positive effect on the solution. The study recommends service to be developed in the future according to the findings herein. The implementation, testing and use of the mobile-based service (RHIAY) prototyped in this thesis are for future work.
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Project proposal for transforming Grabouw, Western Cape, into a sustainable communityHaysom, Gareth (Gareth Duff) 12 1900 (has links)
Thesis (MPhil)--University of Stellenbosch, 2007. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Cities and in particular, secondary cities are fast emerging as the dominant form of
human settlement. Considering the anticipated growth in the population and the
expected global economic growth, what role will cities play in addressing the core
issues pertaining to sustainable development? Will cities be able to address these
issues at all? Addressing the sustainability of cities is about focussing on addressing
the key issues of form and function. These, coupled with the specific social
interactions, the cultural and political actions, are the drivers that need to be
harnessed, integrated and reworked if cities are to be sustainable in any way.
Without a collective and concerted drive to make direct inputs into the three main
drivers of a city; planning and design, the resource use and inputs and the social
interactions within cities, no efforts to address the hope of leaving legacies of
resources for future generations will be realised. If these efforts do not originate in,
and grow out of cities, cities will not support, but rather undermine, any attempts at
achieving sustainable development.
There is an increasing realisation that the current approaches to development are
not meeting the needs of the growing global populations and as such, new
approaches need to be sought. The one key area where these new approaches hold
potential is to attempt to seek ways to create sustainable communities, communities
with equitable access to resources and where communities are designed to function
in different ways. The town and outlying areas of the Grabouw region in the Western
Cape provide a unique and extremely rare opportunity for implementing a wide range
of Government policies that have been adopted at the National, Provincial and Local
Government levels to give effect to the national commitment to sustainable
development and the creation of sustainable communities. These policy
commitments span social, environmental and economic policies. Grabouw is
perfectly configured in both geographical and strategic terms to become a national
model for ‘integrated sustainable development’ and to demonstrate in practice how
the attainment of the concept of sustainable development and sustainable
communities can be supported. The intention of the project proposal is to facilitate specific actions that would include
the framing of a foundation that is the core discussion document for the engagement
with the broader communities. The purpose of this document and supporting plan
would be to facilitate the communities’ participation in the creation and design of the
project that serves to transform the town of Grabouw, and the region, ultimately
becoming a national model of sustainability with a community that is resilient and
equitable, meeting their current needs fairly, but doing so in a manner that preserves
resources for future generations of Grabouw residents and South Africans. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Stede, en sekondêre stede in die besonder, wen vinnig veld as die dominante vorm
van menslike vestiging. Met inagneming van die verwagte groei in die bevolking en
die verwagte globale ekonomiese groei, kan die vraag gestel word watter rol stede
gaan speel om die kernvraagstukke met betrekking tot volhoubare ontwikkeling aan
te spreek. Sal stede hoegenaamd daartoe in staat wees om hierdie vraagstukke aan
te spreek? Van deurslaggewende belang vir die volhoubaarheid van stede is die
fokus op die sleutelvraagstukke van vorm en funksie. Dit, gekoppel aan die
spesifieke maatskaplike interaksies, die kulturele en politieke aksies, is die
sleutelaandrywers wat ingespan, geïntegreer en herbeplan moet word om stede
volhoubaar te hou. Sonder 'n kollektiewe en volgehoue plan om direkte insette te
lewer in die drie sleutelaandrywers van 'n stad – beplanning en ontwerp; die gebruik
van hulpbronne en insette; en die maatskaplike interaksies binne stede – sal daar
niks kom van die wens om hulpbronne vir toekomstige nageslagte na te laat nie. As
hierdie pogings nie in stede ontstaan en uit stede groei nie, sal stede nie daarin
slaag om enige pogings tot volhoubare ontwikkeling te ondersteun nie, maar dit
eerder kelder.
Daar word toenemend besef dat die huidige benadering tot ontwikkeling nie in die
behoeftes van die groeiende globale bevolkings voorsien nie en dat nuwe
benaderings op die proef gestel moet word. Die een sleutelgebied waar 'n nuwe
benadering belofte inhou, is om maniere te ondersoek om volhoubare
gemeenskappe te skep – gemeenskappe met gelyke toegang tot hulpbronne en
waar gemeenskappe ontwerp is om op verskillende maniere te funksioneer. Die dorp
en distrik Grabouw in die Wes-Kaap bied 'n unieke en uiters seldsame geleentheid
vir die implementering van breë nasionale, provinsiale en plaaslike regeringsbeleide
om uitvoering te gee aan die nasionale verbintenis tot volhoubare ontwikkeling en
die skepping van volhoubare gemeenskappe. Maatskaplike, omgewings- en
ekonomiese beleide word in hierdie beleidsverbintenisse saamgesnoer. Grabouw is
ideaal vanuit 'n geografiese sowel as strategiese oogpunt om 'n nasionale model te
word vir 'geïntegreerde volhoubare ontwikkeling' en om prakties te demonstreer hoe
volhoubare ontwikkeling en volhoubare gemeenskappe ondersteun kan word. Die oogmerk van die projekvoorstel is om spesifieke aksies te fasiliteer, soos die
opstel van 'n kernbesprekingsdokument met as doelwit die betrekking van die breër
gemeenskappe. Die doel van hierdie voorstel is die fasilitering van die
gemeenskappe se deelname aan die skepping en ontwerp van die projek wat dien
om die dorp en distrik Grabouw te transformeer tot 'n nasionale model van
volhoubaarheid, met 'n gemeenskap wat kragtig en gelyk is, en waar in huidige
behoeftes voorsien word, maar op so 'n manier dat hulpbronne vir toekomstige
geslagte Grabouw-inwoners en Suid-Afrikaners bewaar word.
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Building sustainable communities through participation : analysing the transition from participatory planning to implementation in the case of the Grabouw Sustainable Development InitiativeBoulogne, Fleur Anne 03 1900 (has links)
Thesis ((MPhil (Sustainable Development, Planning and Management))--University of Stellenbosch, 2010. / ENGLISH ABTRACT:
Through the development of sustainable communities, a transformation process can be incited towards a more sustainable way of life. An important prerequisite of this transformation process is behavioural change. This thesis is based on the supposition that participation can contribute to behavioural change. Behaviour which supports the functioning of sustainable systems, is essential in the long term success of sustainable communities. To sustain this behaviour and create a sense of ownership, participatory processes need to encompass the initial phases of development (planning) as well as the implementation and management phase (governance). To secure the participatory involvement in the implementation phase anchor points need to be created in the planning phase, which enable participation of community members in the implementation phase.
By means of a case study this thesis has analysed the role of participation in the pilot project in Grabouw, a medium-sized town in the Western Cape, South Africa. The key objective was to establish whether and in what manner, the participatory planning process anticipated the involvement of community members in the implementation phase. Research shows that in some occasions, participation is defined as an instrument to effectively manage contingencies and facilitate the implementation of government decisions. However, the case studies of Grabouw and Porto Alegre, illustrate that community participation can also be organised in such a way that it enables community members to be involved in a meaningful way in decision-making processes, enabling them to shape their own environment. Defined this way active participation is not merely an instrument but an integral part of a complex system encompassing opportunities for social learning. Active participation can incite a process of „conscientization‟ and empowerment, stimulating people to become aware of sustainable challenges and adapt their behaviour accordingly. This viewpoint on participation is in line with the multi-dimensional nature of sustainable development and based on the need to facilitate a continuous evolving learning system. Furthermore it supports the notion that sustainable development is not a fixed objective but a moving target. Within this perspective sustainable communities need to be flexible entities able to evolve in accordance with increased understanding of the complex interrelated issues of sustainable development. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING:
‟n Transformasieproses, gerig op ‟n meer volhoubare lewenswyse, kan deur die ontwikkeling van volhoubare gemeenskappe aangemoedig word. ‟n Belangrike voorvereiste vir so ‟n transformasieproses is gedragsverandering. Gedragsverandering is nie ‟n individuele oefening nie, maar is stewig veranker in sosiale prosesse en word daardeur beïnvloed. Om gedragsverandering op groter skaal te stimuleer, is dit nodig dat individue as katalisators van gedragsverandering optree. Deelname speel ‟n vername rol om volhoubare gemeenskappe as platforms vir volhoubare gedragsverandering op te stel. Die bestaande verskeidenheid tussen die verskillende vlakke van deelname bemoeilik die opstel van een duidelik omlynde definisie van deelname. Die regering en ander gemeenskapsrolspelers het die waarde van deelname besef en dit het algemene gebruik geword om lede van die gemeenskap by die beplanning en/of beheer van volhoubare stedelike ontwikkeling te betrek. Kompleksiteit-teorie bied ‟n waardevolle perspektief in die strewe na dieper verstandhouding rondom die geleenthede en beperkinge van deelname. Hierdie verhandeling het deur middel van ‟n gevallestudie die rol van deelname in die loodsprojek op Grabouw, ‟n medium-grootte dorp in Wes-Kaapland, geanaliseer. Die navorsing wat vir dié verhandeling gedoen is, het deel uitgemaak van ‟n evaluasiestudie wat deur die Ontwikkelingsbank van Suider Afrika bekend gestel is en deur die Omgewingsevaluasie-eenheid aan die Universiteit van Kaapstad (UK) uitgevoer is.
Die navorsing het getoon dat in sommige gevalle deelname gedefinieer word as ‟n instrument om omstandighede doeltreffend te beheer en die toepassing van regeringsbesluite af te glad. Die gevallestudies van Grabouw en Porto Allegre wys egter daarop dat deelname ook op so ‟n manier georganiseer kan word dat dit lede van die gemeenskap in staat stel om op betekenisvolle wyse by besluitnemingsprosesse betrokke te raak en sodoende hulle eie omgewing rangskik. Aktiewe deelname wat so gedefinieer word, is nie ‟n instrument nie, maar ‟n integrale deel van ‟n komplekse stelsel wat geleenthede vir sosiale leer omsluit. Aktiewe deelname kan ‟n proses van „gewetensprikkeling‟ en bemagtiging aanmoedig, wat mense stimuleer om bewus te word van volhoubare uitdagings en hulle gedrag dienooreenkomstig aan te pas. Hierdie siening oor deelname is in lyn met die multi-dimensionele aard van volhoubare ontwikkeling en gebaseer op die behoefte om ‟n voortdurende ontwikkelende leerstelsel te fasiliteer. Voorts ondersteun dit die denkwyse dat volhoubare ontwikkeling nie ‟n vasgeankerde doelwit is nie, maar wel ‟n bewegende teiken. Binne hierdie perspektief behoort volhoubare gemeenskappe buigsame entiteite te wees wat daar toe in staat is om met toenemende insig van die komplekse verbandhoudende aangeleenthede rondom volhoubare ontwikkeling, te groei.
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An exploratory study on the reasons for substance abuse among the youth in Grabouw, Western Cape Province, South AfricaMudavanhu, Naome N. January 2013 (has links)
Masters of Science / Substance abuse among the youth is one of the main social challenges in South Africa and
around the world. The purpose of this study was to explore the reasons of substance abuse
among the youth in Grabouw, Western Cape Province of South Africa. The reason why this
research was conducted was because the Interdisciplinary Teaching and Learning Unit (ITLU) of
the University of the Western Cape approached the Department of Social Work with research
topics that emerged from the Faculty of Community and Health sciences involvement in the
Theewaterkloof communities. One of the concerns expressed by the community of Grabouw is
the high prevalence of substance abuse in this community. This study therefore explored the
reasons for substance abuse amongst the youth of Grabouw. The research was conducted using
the ecological approach as a theoretical framework. A qualitative research methodology was
used to explore the phenomenon under study. The research project followed an explorative,
descriptive and contextual research design and with this the researcher sought to understand the
reasons for substance abuse. The data was gathered through semi-structured one-on-one
interviews and focus group discussions and was later analyzed using qualitative thematic
analysis. The findings showed that the reasons for substance abuse among the youth in the rural
area of Grabouw are contextual reasons in which the family plays a major role in influencing
substance use and also peer pressure, lack of recreational facilities, low religious involvement,
experimenting and negative role models within the family and community, the ‘dop’ system,
unemployment, availability and affordability were identified as the major reasons for substance
abuse. The second major theme that emerged from the study was the psychological reasons for
substance abuse. This includes low self-esteem, relieving stress, sexual stimulation, motivation
to do unlawful things and boosting performances in sporting activities. The researcher has put
forward various recommendations that will contribute towards solving substance abuse.
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Die effektiewe funksionering van beheerliggame : 'n gevallestudie in die Grabouw-areaJantjies, A. B.(Adam Benjamin) 12 1900 (has links)
Thesis (MEd)--University of Stellenbosch, 2001. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The education of the children in the community is the responsibility of the
whole community of which the parents are part. The aim of the school is to
create responsible and respectful citizens who can make a significant
contribution to the future South Africa. The role of the school is furthermore to
establish democratic values. The school is also in a position to contribute to
the establishment of a democratic society. The governing body is an example
of a democratic institution in which representatives of the role players in
education are involved. They are democratically elected onto the governing
body. Parents are now also part of the leadership and management team of
the school. They also must contribute to policymaking. It means that they
must acquire certain skills to be productive and to deliver service in' the best
interest of the school and the community.
The South African Schools Act (1996) made provision for the need for
capacity building amongst governing bodies. In the past the management of
the school was the total responsibility of the principal and the staff. This role
has now changed, but if the governing body does not function well it will again
put pressure on the principal and the staff. This thesis is specifically
concentrating on one particular governing body and whether it is functioning in
an effective way.
A preliminary investigation was done among ten schools in the Grabouw-area.
The investigation was in actual fact done to pinpoint, the central focus for the
thesis. The central focus of this thesis is about parental involvement in the
school and how it can contribute to effective governance. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die opvoeding van die leerders in 'n gemeenskap is die verantwoordelikheid
van die groter gemeenskap waarvan die ouers deel vorm. Die doel van die
skool is om gerespekteerde en gewaardeerde burgers te skep wat 'n
betekenisvolle rol in daardie gemeenskap kan vervul. Die skool moet verder
verseker dat die demokratiese waardes van die nuwe Suid-Afrika in daardie
spesifieke gemeenskap gevestig word. Die beheerliggaam is "n demokratiese
struktuur waarbyalle rolspelers betrek word by die beheer en die bestuur van
die skool. Daar is egter baie beperkinge wat betref die vemoëns van die
persone wat daarop dien. Dit bemoeilik die vestiging van die beoogde
demokratiese beginsels.
Die Suid-Afrikaanse Skolewet (1996) maak voorsiening dat effektiewe
deelname vooraf gegaan moet word met doelgerigte kapasiteitsbou
programme. In baie gevalle het die groter magte wat oorgedra is na mikrovlak
eintlik die werklading van die prinsipaal vergroot. Sommige beheerliggame
beskik nie oor die kapasiteit om hul verantwoordelikhede uit te dra nie. Hierdie
tesis let op een spesifieke beheerliggaam en 'n evaluering word gedoen
omtrent die effektiewe funksionering van daardie beheerliggaam. Met
effektiewe funksionering word bedoel dat daar gekyk word in hoe "n mate die
werksaamhede wat deur die Skolewet opgedra is, tot uitvoering gebring word.
Die grootste leemte in die pad van effektiewe funksionering blyk te wees die
gebrekkige vermoëns van die ouers. Hierdie feit het na vore gekom in 'n
voorlopige ondersoek wat gedoen is om die fokus van die studie vas te pen.
Die sentrale fokus van die studie behels die betrokkenheid van ouers by die
skool om hul vermoëns te bou. Deur middel van hul betokkenheid by verskeie
aktiwiteite van die skool word ouers eintlik vooraf geskool om op die
beheerliggaam te dien.
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