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School-based unionism in a Gauteng school district
Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2013.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/24470 School-based unionism in a Gauteng school district Amsterdam, Christina E.N. selaki@lantic.net Masenya, Selaki James Stakeholder group experiences Teacher unionism Protectionist-defensive unionism Rights School governing body Site committees Professional unionism Stakeholder group views School management team Roles and responsibilities UCTD Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2013. The purpose of this study was to explore and understand school-based teacher unionism by conducting an empirical analysis of the views and experiences of stakeholder groups in a Gauteng district. Participants saw the role of teacher unions at school level as being the protection of their members. Principals and SGB members and some SMT members thought school based unions protected teachers from being disciplined. Defending of teachers or members was seen as one of the most important roles of teacher unions. This was seen as important because it will ensure that the rights of teachers are not trampled upon especially by school principals. While school principals recognised the rights of union members to join union and the right of unions to organise in the schools they thought that they were unduly and wrongly defending bad teachers. This article also argues that principals were never adequately trained on how to manage union existence at schools. Most participants thought that the role, responsibility and right of teacher unions at school level could not be overlooked. However they still felt that this was emphasised over the rights of other stakeholder groups in the schools especially the learners. Principal and teacher participants, most notably SADTU members, expressed dissatisfaction with their union and did not seem to think that it plays a constructive role in schools. It is argued in this article that teachers’ unions play a role in schools and that this role is either positive or negative. This article is based on my research of school based teacher unionism in one Gauteng district. Education Management and Policy Studies unrestricted 2013-09-06T17:37:41Z 2013-05-20 2013-09-06T17:37:41Z 2013-04-09 2013-05-20 2013-05-08 Dissertation Masenya, SJ 2013, School-based unionism in a Gauteng school district, MEd dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/24470 > E13/4/380/gm http://hdl.handle.net/2263/24470 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-05082013-100452/ © 2013 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Stakeholder group experiences Teacher unionism Protectionist-defensive unionism Rights School governing body Site committees Professional unionism Stakeholder group views School management team Roles and responsibilities UCTD School-based unionism in a Gauteng school district |
| title | School-based unionism in a Gauteng school district |
| title_full | School-based unionism in a Gauteng school district |
| title_fullStr | School-based unionism in a Gauteng school district |
| title_full_unstemmed | School-based unionism in a Gauteng school district |
| title_short | School-based unionism in a Gauteng school district |
| title_sort | school based unionism in a gauteng school district |
| topic | Stakeholder group experiences Teacher unionism Protectionist-defensive unionism Rights School governing body Site committees Professional unionism Stakeholder group views School management team Roles and responsibilities UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/24470 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-05082013-100452/ |