Submitted in partial fulfilment of a Masters Degree in
the Department of Educational Planning and
Administration at the University of Zululand, 2005. / Educational policy reform such as South African Schools Act, No. 84 of 1996 and the National Education Poiicy Act, No. 27 of 1996 require all educators to participate actively in the governance and management of their schools with the view to providing better teaching and learning environments. Educators must participate in the management processes of their schools to bring about deliberate, meaningful and effective management.
This study provides both a literature review and an empirical study of strategies that principals may adopt to facilitate participative management among educators.
The following key findings emanated from the study:
• There is a lack of educator involvement in the
management process.
• Principals do arrange formal meetings with educators
frequently enough but do not structure meetings tightly
enough.
• There is a general lack of communication between the
school management team and educators.
• Educators are not involved in the implementation of
educational policies.
The following recommendations were extrapolated from the above findings:
• Principals should encourage networking between
schools so as to promote interschool communication,
resource sharing, staff and learner collaboration and
information exchange.
• Principals should conduct staff training programmes and
should promote teamwork among educators in their
schools.
• Effective management strategies should be made
explicit in training workshops and policy documents
such as the South African Schools Act, No. 84 of 1996,
should be discussed in educator forums.
It is the fervent hope of the researcher that this study will alert principals to pitfalls of authoritarian management styles and equip principals with practical strategies and techniques to effectively facilitate participative management in their respective schools.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uzulu/oai:uzspace.unizulu.ac.za:10530/171 |
| Date | January 2005 |
| Creators | Shezi, Sydney General |
| Contributors | Chetty, M.K.K. |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | application/pdf |
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