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Classroom teacher leadership in top-performing secondary schools
Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2016.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/60938 Classroom teacher leadership in top-performing secondary schools Joubert, Hendrika J. (Rika) hoof@pnhs.co.za Driescher, Cornelius Johannes Christiaan UCTD Classroom teacher Distributive leadership Parallel leadership Shared leadership Education theses SDG-04 SDG-04: Quality education Education theses SDG-05 SDG-05: Gender equality Education theses SDG-10 SDG-10: Reduced inequalities Education theses SDG-17 SDG-17: Partnerships for the goals Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2016. Classroom teacher leadership is a very broad concept that evolved over years and includes various concepts in the paradigm of education leadership (York-Barr & Duke, 2004: 255). Two concepts in the education leadership paradigm, which are closely related to and interlinked with classroom teacher leadership, are instructional leadership and distributive leadership. A new school of thought emphasises the importance of the classroom teacher as an instructional leader (Horgn & Loeb, 2010: 66). The only way that the classroom teacher can assume this required role as instructional leader is within a distributive leadership environment and therefore, distributive leadership is at the core of instructional leadership (Hoadley, Christie & Ward, 2009: 377). We can therefore conclude that classroom teacher leadership refers to classroom teachers who teach and lead (York-Barr & Duke, 2004: 267). Classroom teacher leadership is the type of quality leadership required to create effective schools. In recent studies done in South African schools it was, however, clear that although research proposes that the classroom teacher should assume leadership roles within a distributive leadership environment, classroom teacher leadership has not yet realised in the schools studied. The gap in the literature is that it shows what should happen, it indicates that it is not happening in some South African schools but it does not indicate how it should happen. This study aimed through a qualitative, case study design to investigate classroom teacher leadership in effective top-performing schools in the Pretoria area in the Gauteng province. Through semi-structured interviews the experiences of classroom teachers and their principals on classroom teacher leadership revealed that classroom teacher leadership is evident in these top-performing, secondary schools. Through their experiences various classroom teacher leadership practices could also be identified shedding light on how classroom teacher leadership can be implemented and promoted in order to create the quality leadership required for an effective school. dzm2025 Education Management and Policy Studies MEd Unrestricted SDG-04: Quality education SDG-05: Gender equality SDG-10: Reduced inequalities SDG-17: Partnerships for the goals 2017-06-08T13:06:57Z 2017-06-08T13:06:57Z 2017-05-09 2016 Dissertation Driescher, CJC 2016, Classroom teacher leadership in top-performing secondary schools, MEd Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/60938> A2017 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/60938 en © 2017 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 Classroom teacher Distributive leadership Parallel leadership Shared leadership Education theses SDG-04 SDG-04: Quality education Education theses SDG-05 SDG-05: Gender equality Education theses SDG-10 SDG-10: Reduced inequalities Education theses SDG-17 SDG-17: Partnerships for the goals Classroom teacher leadership in top-performing secondary schools |
| title | Classroom teacher leadership in top-performing secondary schools |
| title_full | Classroom teacher leadership in top-performing secondary schools |
| title_fullStr | Classroom teacher leadership in top-performing secondary schools |
| title_full_unstemmed | Classroom teacher leadership in top-performing secondary schools |
| title_short | Classroom teacher leadership in top-performing secondary schools |
| title_sort | classroom teacher leadership in top performing secondary schools |
| topic | UCTD Classroom teacher Distributive leadership Parallel leadership Shared leadership Education theses SDG-04 SDG-04: Quality education Education theses SDG-05 SDG-05: Gender equality Education theses SDG-10 SDG-10: Reduced inequalities Education theses SDG-17 SDG-17: Partnerships for the goals |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/60938 |