Thesis (M.Ed. (Community and Continuing Education)) -- University of Limpopo, 2022 / The study reports on an exploration of the challenges affecting School-Family Community partnerships in two secondary schools located in the remote rural areas
of Mogodumo Circuit, in Lebowakgomo District in Limpopo Province, South Africa. The
main research question answered was.
What are the challenges of School-Family-Community partnerships in rural
areas at Mogodumo Circuit in Limpopo Province?
This study is qualitative in design and is embedded within the interpretive
epistemology. The two secondary schools were conveniently sampled due to their
accessibility whereas participants were also purposefully sampled. The number of
participants sampled was n=32. Data was collected through documents analysis,
semi-structured questionnaires involving sampled participants, and observation by the
researcher as a silent and non-participant observer. Inductive analysis was applied to
arrange and organise data in thematic categories. From the themes discovered,
intervention strategies were developed in order to address the challenges affecting the
School-Family-Community partnerships at the two rural secondary schools.
The study revealed that there is little or no involvement of stakeholders such as
parents, community leaders (including priests, pastors, headmen, and the chief), and
community based businesspeople, and non-governmental organisations in school
events, activities and functions. The study recommends that developmental
programmes such as parenting, literacy and numeracy, and parent involvement in the
education of their children be organised for parents and community members. These
challenges affecting School-Family-Community partnerships need to be dealt with
accordingly by the active involvement and engagement of various stakeholders
including, more especially, the DBE, SMTs, NGOs, educators, learners, parents,
various community members, and private sectors.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:ul/oai:ulspace.ul.ac.za:10386/4122 |
| Date | January 2022 |
| Creators | Ribane, Motshekga Samuel |
| Contributors | Themane, M. |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | xiii, 151 leaves |
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