During the past number of years the press in Namibia has been regularly
publishing reports linking educators to some unacceptable conduct. The
apparent increase in the frequency of educator misconduct coupled with
relevant research in education law prompted this research to be carried
out. Recent research shows that good labour relations promote mutual
respect between employer and employee. In education, the good labour
relations help to promote the achievement of the national goals on
education.
The aim of this research was to determine the nature and frequency of
educator misconduct in public or government schools in Namibia. The
research was also conducted to establish the extent to which educator
misconduct affected learning and teaching in the schools as well as the
effects on the well-being of the learners and other stakeholders in
education. It was also aimed in this research to analyse the respective
roles of those individuals, organisations or bodies, such as teacher
unions, who are responsible for the management of educator
misconduct.
The findings from the review of policy documents, text books, journal
articles and newspaper articles and the empirical research pointed out a
high frequency of educator misconduct. Participants recommended that
the supervisors and the employers have to do much more to curb the
upsurge of educator misconduct. Educator misconduct was blamed for
harmful effects to the learning and teaching of learners, as well as the
wellbeing of other stakeholders. The research revealed that legislation
plays an important role in the management of educator misconduct.
Being consistent with the guidelines from legislation, jurisprudence and
the common law regarding management of educator misconduct was
established to be essential to ensure fairness to both learners and
educators. / Thesis (M.Ed.)--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2007
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:nwu/oai:dspace.nwu.ac.za:10394/1710 |
| Date | January 2006 |
| Creators | Chikamhi, Paul |
| Publisher | North-West University |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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