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Learner leadership development within home-schooling context
Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2017.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/65449 Learner leadership development within home-schooling context Woest, Yolandi bfpretorius@hotmail.com Wassermann, Johannes Michiel Naudè, Bianca Francisca UCTD Learner leadership Leadership development Home-schooling Home education Educational leadership Youth leadership Education theses SDG-04 Education theses SDG-08 Education theses SDG-10 Education theses SDG-16 Education theses SDG-17 Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2017. I have always been interested in the concept of leadership. In particular, observing people who were chosen for or appointed in leadership roles and how others react to situations where leadership skills are required. This grew during my honours course at the University of Pretoria which included a module on leadership and leadership development. This led me to think about how, if at all, learner leadership development takes place during one’s schooling years. The question I asked was: How does learner leadership development happen in the home-schooling environment? This question led to the research in this paper. Literature explored in this study include, among others, work by R.E. Sacks (2009), J.K. Seago (2012, 2014) and L.M. Brumbaugh (2013), which deals with youth leadership, leadership development and learner leadership development, with specific reference to the home-schooling environment. I followed the qualitative case study research design. Data was collected through face-to-face, semi-structured interviews with home-schooled learners and their parents. In a collaborative effort, I worked with the participants in one-to-one, semi-structured interviews, to find out how learner leadership development happens in the home-schooling context and how they perceive and experience this process in their daily lives. What I found was that the development of learner leadership in this context mostly happens unintentionally. This is because the emphasis is not necessarily placed on leadership and leadership development. However, learners do develop leadership skills by interacting with parents and family members (who act as mentors), peers and others in the community. Learners are encouraged to explore different activities and avenues of development, and it is their responsibility to arrange and facilitate such activities. This requires a sense of maturity and the ability to self-manage and effectively lead others. There are, however, also instances of intentional leadership development in the form of, for example, leadership camps, created in the home-schooling environment. Learners actively seek to develop certain leadership skills and often initiate and pursue these initiatives by themselves, with some support from their parents and family. This study aims to further explain and apply the process of leadership development to the home-schooling environment. The findings of this study support previous research and may provide additional material to fill the shortage of literature on this topic. Some comparisons may also be drawn between the leadership development process in the traditional schooling system and that of home-schooling. Further research may be done to explore the possibilities of how learner leadership development, specifically in the home-schooling environment, may be improved. mi2026 Humanities Education MEd Unrestricted SDG-04: Quality education SDG-08: Decent work and economic growth SDG-10: Reduced inequalities SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions SDG-17: Partnerships for the goals 2018-07-13T06:44:30Z 2018-07-13T06:44:30Z 2018/04/25 2017 Dissertation Naudè, F 2017, Learner leadership development within home-schooling context, MEd Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/65449> A2018 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/65449 en � 2018 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 Learner leadership Leadership development Home-schooling Home education Educational leadership Youth leadership Education theses SDG-04 Education theses SDG-08 Education theses SDG-10 Education theses SDG-16 Education theses SDG-17 Learner leadership development within home-schooling context |
| title | Learner leadership development within home-schooling context |
| title_full | Learner leadership development within home-schooling context |
| title_fullStr | Learner leadership development within home-schooling context |
| title_full_unstemmed | Learner leadership development within home-schooling context |
| title_short | Learner leadership development within home-schooling context |
| title_sort | learner leadership development within home schooling context |
| topic | UCTD Learner leadership Leadership development Home-schooling Home education Educational leadership Youth leadership Education theses SDG-04 Education theses SDG-08 Education theses SDG-10 Education theses SDG-16 Education theses SDG-17 |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/65449 |