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Principals’ experiences in implementing the National Code of Professional Conduct in Khomas secondary schools, Namibia
Thesis (PhD (Education Management, Law and Policy))--University of Pretoria, 2024.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/96330 Principals’ experiences in implementing the National Code of Professional Conduct in Khomas secondary schools, Namibia Nthontho, Maitumeleng alsiboli@gmail.com Siboli, Ausbert Licaba Principals Experiences Implement National Teachers' Code of Professional Conduct Code of Conduct for Teaching Service of 2004 UCTD Sustainable development goals (SDGs) SDG-04: Quality education Education theses SDG-04 SDG-08: Decent work and economic growth Education theses SDG-08 Thesis (PhD (Education Management, Law and Policy))--University of Pretoria, 2024. The study investigated the experiences of secondary school principals in the Khomas Region of Namibia in implementing the National Teachers’ Code of Professional Conduct, officially called the Code of Conduct for the Teaching Service of 2004. The said document sets minimum standards and expectations that teachers are expected to meet. The responsibility to implement it in schools naturally rests on school principals as custodians of schools. Teachers’ conduct, however, was regrettably not consistent with the document’s stipulations at the time of the study. There was therefore a need to explore Khomas Region secondary school principals’ understanding of the document; their implementation strategies; the challenges that they faced in implementation, and how they dealt with them so as to suggest a better implementation model. The Hersey-Blanchard Situational Leadership Theory guided the study which was carried out through a qualitative approach with interpretivism as the research paradigm. A case study design was employed in order to collect rich data on the phenomenon. Sixteen Khomas Region secondary school principals were subjected to semi-structured interviews, and a thematic analysis was used to present, analyse and interpret data. The study generated the following findings: (i) School principals understand the document to be both aspirational and deontological meant to guide and discipline teachers; (ii) many school principals do not conduct fully-fledged, formal induction and/or continuing professional development (CPD) on the document, (iii) the disciplinary process is long and flawed and sometimes the Regional Office does not act on disciplinary cases referred to it (iv) NANTU defends non-compliant teachers, (v) school principals are not adequately trained to counsel non-compliant teachers; (vi) they do not compel HODs to enforce the National Teachers’ Code of Professional Conduct, (vii) school principals’ own weaknesses such as having scant knowledge of the document impede the effectiveness of implementation, (viii) it is difficult to evenly apply the document since schools are complex organisations comprising teachers with diverse personalities and values and, and (x) teachers’ lack of love and passion for teaching trigger disregard for the National Teachers’ Code of Professional Conduct. UP bursary Education Management and Policy Studies PhD (Education Management, Law and Policy) Unrestricted Faculty of Education SDG-04: Quality Education 2024-06-06T09:44:48Z 2024-06-06T09:44:48Z 2024-09 2024-05-24 Thesis * S2024 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/96330 https://doi.org/10.25403/UPresearchdata.25892788 en © 2023 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 | Principals Experiences Implement National Teachers' Code of Professional Conduct Code of Conduct for Teaching Service of 2004 UCTD Sustainable development goals (SDGs) SDG-04: Quality education Education theses SDG-04 SDG-08: Decent work and economic growth Education theses SDG-08 Principals’ experiences in implementing the National Code of Professional Conduct in Khomas secondary schools, Namibia |
| title | Principals’ experiences in implementing the National Code of Professional Conduct in Khomas secondary schools, Namibia |
| title_full | Principals’ experiences in implementing the National Code of Professional Conduct in Khomas secondary schools, Namibia |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Principals’ experiences in implementing the National Code of Professional Conduct in Khomas secondary schools, Namibia |
| title_short | Principals’ experiences in implementing the National Code of Professional Conduct in Khomas secondary schools, Namibia |
| title_sort | principals experiences in implementing the national code of professional conduct in khomas secondary schools namibia |
| topic | Principals Experiences Implement National Teachers' Code of Professional Conduct Code of Conduct for Teaching Service of 2004 UCTD Sustainable development goals (SDGs) SDG-04: Quality education Education theses SDG-04 SDG-08: Decent work and economic growth Education theses SDG-08 |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/96330 https://doi.org/10.25403/UPresearchdata.25892788 |