Results from recent international assessments showed that the performance of South African learners in these international benchmarking assessments remained at rock bottom of the study rankings. These results not only paint a dim picture of the ability, work ethic and attitude of learners in the South African schooling system, but it also calls into question the performance intent of educators. This study becomes very important against the background that learners being taught in South African classrooms are increasingly facing stiffer competition in the market place due to the phenomenon of globalisation. The perception of the international community pertaining to the quality of teaching and learning in South African schools is bound to impact significantly on the keenness of foreign countries to engage with South Africa on a meaningful scale. The primary objective of the study is to improve the performance intent of school-based educators in the Uitenhage Education District. More specifically, the study investigates the relationship between the performance intent of educators (the dependent variable) and motivation, commitment to profession, commitment to the leader, community engagement and professional development (the independent variables). Given the constraint of distance, the sample was limited to schools in the Uitenhage Education District, and for this reason, convenience sampling was used for purposes of this study. Three hundred and sixty questionnaires were issued, of which 316 were returned (a response rate of 88%). The empirical results revealed all the independent variables impact significantly on the performance intent of educators at public schools in the Uitenhage Education District. The research findings cannot be generalised to all schools in the province because the sampled schools compose only a relatively small portion of all schools in the Eastern Cape Province. Recommendations for future research are also provided.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:nmmu/vital:20506 |
| Date | January 2015 |
| Creators | Williams, Mark |
| Publisher | Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Faculty of Business and Economic Sciences |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis, Masters, MBA |
| Format | xiii, 144 leaves, pdf |
| Rights | Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University |
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