The study was about the essence of staff development for enhancing teachers' efficacy
in Moses Kotane East Area Project Office. The study sought to answer the following
research questions: What is the significance of staff development in schools? Which
major factors necessitate staff development in schools? What are the characteristics of
an effective staff development initiative?
The researcher opted for both qualitative and quantitative research methods. Both the
questionnaires and interviews were administered for data collection. The study was
conducted on a sample of respondents randomly selected from the population. Data
were collected and analysed using different statistical techniques. ln order to conform to
requirements in social sciences research analysis, SPSS version 14 was used for data
analysis. Frequencies, percentages and tables were used to capture raw scores and to
depict response rates, as well as to facilitate data analysis, interpretation, and recording.
To assist the researcher to analyse qualitatively derived data, Textually Oriented Data
Analysis (TODA) strategy was used .
The findings revealed that staff development was essential, not only for institutional
and curriculum development in the school, but also for personal staff growth and
empowerment. Staff development is necessary for the acquisition of required skills for
effective teaching. Schools should have a staff development teacher who focuses on
helping teachers develop skilful teaching in a non-judgmental way. The findings further
revealed that coaches for Maths and Literacy need to be introduced in schools to assist
teachers with lesson plans and model lessons and that continuous training of teachers is
necessary and should be done by experts and not by every person who claims to
understand what effective teaching is all about.
Finally, Networking with other schools and organizations should be encouraged to
ensure inter-sectoral collaboration amongst specialists who have an interest in
education. Mentoring programmes that orient new employees, foster executive
development and improved job performance should be encouraged in schools. / Thesis (M.Ed) North-West University, Mafikeng Campus, 2010
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:nwu/oai:dspace.nwu.ac.za:10394/15779 |
| Date | January 2010 |
| Creators | Modisane, E M |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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