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School management and governance in Limpopo's rural schools : are the key role players singing from the same legislative book?

Dissertation (MEd (Education Management and Policy Studies))--University of Pretoria, 2009.

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spelling oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/30981 School management and governance in Limpopo's rural schools : are the key role players singing from the same legislative book? Chalufu, John Sibusiso emjay1@webmail.co.za Marodi, Makopane Jeremiah UCTD School principal Management Limpopo's rural schools Conflict School governing body School governance legislation Governance Policy Phenomenological case study Financial management School management legislation Dissertation (MEd (Education Management and Policy Studies))--University of Pretoria, 2009. This study investigates the nature of the conflict that exists in rural schools in Limpopo, particularly as it relates to the relationship between school governance and school management. Previous studies have alluded to a troubled relationship between governance and management in schools across South Africa. New legislation was introduced in education after 1994, and it brought about a shift in responsibility by trying to distinguish between school governance and school management. Instead of bringing clarity concerning roles for governance and management, the legislation seems to have created confusion between the two, as can be seen in how they interact. The study looks at the possible causes of the conflict that exists between the two key role players within the school (i.e., the SGB chairperson and the principal). The study used a phenomenological case study, where respondents were allowed to express their lived experiences. In-depth interviews were used to gather data from four SGB chairpersons and four school principals from four districts in Limpopo. These respondents were chosen on the basis of their experiences in conflict situations at their respective schools. The analysis of the data and the interpretation of the findings pointed out to the following possible causes of conflict between the two key role players: (a) one key role player plays the role that is supposed to be played by another key role player; (b) one key role player fails to follow procedure; and (c) the existence in some instances of personality clashes between the two key role players. Copyright Education Management and Policy Studies Restricted Education 2013-09-09T07:55:13Z 2009-07-27 2013-09-09T07:55:13Z 2009-04-20 2009-07-27 2009-07-09 Dissertation Marodi, MJ 2009, School management and governance in Limpopo's rural schools : are the key role players singing from the same legislative book?, MEd dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-07092009-191343/ > E1328/gm http://hdl.handle.net/2263/30981 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-07092009-191343/ en © 2009, 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
spellingShingle UCTD
School principal
Management
Limpopo's rural schools
Conflict
School governing body
School governance legislation
Governance
Policy
Phenomenological case study
Financial management
School management legislation
School management and governance in Limpopo's rural schools : are the key role players singing from the same legislative book?
title School management and governance in Limpopo's rural schools : are the key role players singing from the same legislative book?
title_full School management and governance in Limpopo's rural schools : are the key role players singing from the same legislative book?
title_fullStr School management and governance in Limpopo's rural schools : are the key role players singing from the same legislative book?
title_full_unstemmed School management and governance in Limpopo's rural schools : are the key role players singing from the same legislative book?
title_short School management and governance in Limpopo's rural schools : are the key role players singing from the same legislative book?
title_sort school management and governance in limpopo s rural schools are the key role players singing from the same legislative book
topic UCTD
School principal
Management
Limpopo's rural schools
Conflict
School governing body
School governance legislation
Governance
Policy
Phenomenological case study
Financial management
School management legislation
url http://hdl.handle.net/2263/30981
http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-07092009-191343/