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Educators’ perspectives on a code of conduct for learners at selected high schools
Thesis (MEd)--Stellenbosch University, 2020.
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| author | Hanslo, Haley Denise |
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| spelling | oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/109413 Educators’ perspectives on a code of conduct for learners at selected high schools Hanslo, Haley Denise Van Wyk, Berte Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Education. Dept. of Policy Education Studies. High school students -- South Africa -- Conduct of life School discipline -- South Africa High school teachers -- South Africa -- Attitudes UCTD Thesis (MEd)--Stellenbosch University, 2020. ENGLISH SUMMARY: This philosophical study draws on Gadamer’s hermeneutics, which is predominantly concerned with the understanding and interpretation of texts. From this methodological perspective, I conducted a conceptual and documentary analysis of the Code of Conduct of a public high school in Elsies River, Cape Town. Through this analysis, I focused on the teachers’ perspectives of the school’s Code of Conduct with the aim of gaining a deeper understanding of how the discipline policy is perceived, understood, and implemented by the teachers of the school. The Code of Conduct helps with the discipline, environment, culture, and values of the school. The importance and purpose of the Code of Conduct is to promote positive discipline and constructive learning at the school. I discuss various understandings of the concept of a Code of Conduct, the history. and the translation of a Code of Conduct into high schools, specifically into my research site: a high school in Elsies River, Cape Town. This is followed by an analysis of the concept of discipline within the Code of Conduct to gain a deeper understanding of the different perspectives of discipline. The main reason for conducting this research was to construct the meaning of teachers’ perspectives of the Code of Conduct. Furthermore, should the interpretation of the Code of Conduct not be understood by all the role players in an institution, the rules, ideals, and consequences as set out in the school improvement plan may not be realised. AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie filosofiese studie maak gebruik van Gadamer se hermeneutiek, wat primer te make het met die begrip en interpretasie van tekste. Uit hierdie perspektief doen ek ’n konseptuele en dokumentere analise van die gedragskode van ’n spesifieke hoerskool in Elsiesrivier, Kaapstad. Na aanleiding van die analise, fokus ek gevolglik op die onderwysers se perspektief van die gedragskode vir leerders van bogenoemde skool. Ek het die beleidsdokument vir gedragskodes bestudeer en spesifiek gekyk na die geskiedenis daarvan en hoe dit by skole geïmplementeer moet word. Ek het vier betekenisse vir gedragskodes gekonstrueer (dissipline, omgewingsfaktore, kultuur en waardes) om as ’n teoretiese raamwerk vir die analise van die hoerskool in Elsiesrivier se gedragskode te dien. Hierdie studie het bevind dat hoe onderwysers die gedragskode verstaan en implementeer ’n groot impak op die skool se dissipline en orde kan he. By implikasie word daar aangeneem of afgelei dat as daar nie samewerking of ’n eenvormige begrip oor die implementering van die dokument is nie, skoolverbetering nie sal plaasvind nie. Masters 2020-09-29T13:44:54Z 2021-02-01T07:54:11Z 2020-09-29T13:44:54Z 2021-02-01T07:54:11Z 2020-12 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/109413 en_ZA Stellenbosch University x, 109 pages : illustrations application/pdf Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| spellingShingle | High school students -- South Africa -- Conduct of life School discipline -- South Africa High school teachers -- South Africa -- Attitudes UCTD Hanslo, Haley Denise Educators’ perspectives on a code of conduct for learners at selected high schools |
| title | Educators’ perspectives on a code of conduct for learners at selected high schools |
| title_full | Educators’ perspectives on a code of conduct for learners at selected high schools |
| title_fullStr | Educators’ perspectives on a code of conduct for learners at selected high schools |
| title_full_unstemmed | Educators’ perspectives on a code of conduct for learners at selected high schools |
| title_short | Educators’ perspectives on a code of conduct for learners at selected high schools |
| title_sort | educators perspectives on a code of conduct for learners at selected high schools |
| topic | High school students -- South Africa -- Conduct of life School discipline -- South Africa High school teachers -- South Africa -- Attitudes UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/109413 |
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