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The perceptions of stakeholders regarding the disciplinary system in a South African school
Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2016.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/56925 The perceptions of stakeholders regarding the disciplinary system in a South African school Engelbrecht, Alta benventer@polka.co.za Venter, Ben Jacobus UCTD Disciplinary problems Perceptions and beliefs CCTV cameras Principal Teachers Non-teaching staff Learners Content analysis Education theses SDG-03 Education theses SDG-04 Education theses SDG-10 Education theses SDG-16 Education theses SDG-17 Descriptive statistics Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2016. Schools are facing increasing challenges in their efforts to educate learners appropriately and safely. Learners who demonstrate inappropriate, anti-social, and/or disruptive behaviours are becoming more prevalent. School personnel are dealing with disruptive behaviours that occur more frequently and that affect staff and student safety and productivity. An assumption in managing problem behaviours in many urban schools is that punishment will change behaviour. Severe and penalising disciplinary policies frequently result in a negative school environment rather than improving student behaviour. In general, urban schools across the nation rely on suspensions, reprimands, withholding of privileges, and/or expulsion as the means of discipline. Unfortunately, these reactive procedures only help a small number of children learn to comply with general expectations and are insufficient for many students who exhibit more challenging behaviour problems. In this research, the perceptions of the stakeholders towards the disciplinary system of one school was explored through conducting interviews with the principal and ten selected Grade 8 and 9 teachers; a focus group discussion with the parents and a questionnaire administered to the learners. The transcriptions of interviews were analysed using qualitative content analysis. The quantitative results of the questionnaires were analysed using descriptive statistics. The findings suggest that the disciplinary system is failing at this particular school. While all the stakeholders blame each other or shift their responsibilities, other stakeholders claim that another person in the management team should take charge of the discipline in the school, adding to the negative school culture surrounding the school s disciplinary system. The general approach to implementing the disciplinary system is to put the blame on others instead of implementing proactive measures to improve the school s disciplinary system. tm2016 mi2026 Humanities Education MEd Unrestricted SDG-03: Good health and well-being SDG-04: Quality education SDG-10: Reduced inequalities SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions SDG-17: Partnerships for the goals 2016-09-26T06:58:39Z 2016-09-26T06:58:39Z 2016-08-31 2016 Dissertation Venter, BJ 2016, The perceptions of stakeholders regarding the disciplinary system in a South African school, MEd Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/56925> S2016 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/56925 en © 2016 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 | UCTD Disciplinary problems Perceptions and beliefs CCTV cameras Principal Teachers Non-teaching staff Learners Content analysis Education theses SDG-03 Education theses SDG-04 Education theses SDG-10 Education theses SDG-16 Education theses SDG-17 Descriptive statistics The perceptions of stakeholders regarding the disciplinary system in a South African school |
| title | The perceptions of stakeholders regarding the disciplinary system in a South African school |
| title_full | The perceptions of stakeholders regarding the disciplinary system in a South African school |
| title_fullStr | The perceptions of stakeholders regarding the disciplinary system in a South African school |
| title_full_unstemmed | The perceptions of stakeholders regarding the disciplinary system in a South African school |
| title_short | The perceptions of stakeholders regarding the disciplinary system in a South African school |
| title_sort | perceptions of stakeholders regarding the disciplinary system in a south african school |
| topic | UCTD Disciplinary problems Perceptions and beliefs CCTV cameras Principal Teachers Non-teaching staff Learners Content analysis Education theses SDG-03 Education theses SDG-04 Education theses SDG-10 Education theses SDG-16 Education theses SDG-17 Descriptive statistics |
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