This dissertation Is an investigation of educators' perceptions and practices of the
key Constitutional Values in the Bojanala West Region High Schools.
South Africa is experiencing an alarming increase of crime related incidents, such
as, lack of accountability, dishonesty, violence and injustice, which is an
indication of a decline in morality and values. Schools have their own problems,
such as, lack of discipline and respect for authority especially by learners. The
great challenge for education is for schools to transfer to learners not only the
ability to learn and acquire skills for an increasingly complex world. It is also to
' assist in the building of character. Surely we all want our children to become
adults who are caring, tolerant, fair, and respectful. We want our children to
know and uphold the principles of; Democracy, Social justice and equity,
Equality, Non-racism and Non-sexism, Ubuntu, An Open society, Accountability,
The rule of law, Respect and Reconciliation. This is perhaps the expectation of
parents and the South African Government alike.
Data were collected from several sources. Questionnaires were distributed to
High School educators in the four Area Project Offices in the Bojanala West
Region, and structured interviews· were conducted.
The findings indicated that educators agree that emphasis on the teaching of
values is a solution to violence, social problems and lack of respect in our
society, they further agree that the school has an important role to play in the
teaching and imparting of the constitutional values to the learners. The interview
responses indicated that educators are not aware of the existence of the
Constitutional . values and the educational strategies to help them infuse the
values into the curriculum, most of them indicated that they rely on their own
Initiatives to Impart values to learners. Furthermore, the majority of educators
interviewed Indicated that any attempt to give prominence to values in education
should be done through the existing curriculum framework and not become an
added imposition. / (M.Ed.) North West University, Mafikeng Campus, 2006
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:nwu/oai:dspace.nwu.ac.za:10394/11198 |
| Date | January 2006 |
| Creators | Makunye, Matiase Matthews |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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