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Direct linkBotha, R. J. – Educational Studies, 2013
Studies on school restructuring and the leadership role of the principal in this process suggest that what has been the traditional leadership approach of the principal appears to be changing in relation to the substantial changes and school-wide reforms that are continually taking place in schools today. These school reform initiatives…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Principals, Instructional Leadership, Administrator Attitudes
Ngidi, David P. – Educational Studies, 2012
In this study, academic optimism as an individual teacher belief was investigated. Teachers' self-efficacy beliefs were measured using the short form of the Teacher Sense of Efficacy Scale. One subtest from the Omnibus T-Scale, the faculty trust in clients subtest, was used to measure teachers' trust in students and parents. One subtest from the…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Constructivism (Learning), Trust (Psychology), Citizenship
Barlow-Jones, Glenda; van der Westhuizen, Duan – Educational Studies, 2011
The modern world is becoming increasingly digitalised and this is affecting the way in which humans not only live but also learn. In South Africa, the majority of students entering universities are from disadvantaged backgrounds and come from schools and communities in which they were not exposed to the same technologically rich environments as…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Information Technology, Foreign Countries, Critical Thinking
Akande, Adebowale – Educational Studies, 2010
Xhosa-speaking South African children in school settings face several academic and emotional challenges. These may be due to family obligation, conformity to authority figures and over expectations from parents, teachers and society. This study examines the differences in the number and types of reported fears and worries in 200 South African…
Descriptors: School Psychologists, Cultural Context, Psychological Patterns, Anxiety
Greyling, A. J. – Educational Studies, 2009
Quality and equality in education is the dream of many. In South Africa hope was pinned onto the transformation that was to follow the major political changes of the 1990s. The promotion of inclusive education is rooted in a philosophical and principled position that all children should have educational rights and opportunities as encased in the…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Inclusive Schools, Educational Quality, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedAkande, Adebowale – Educational Studies, 2001
Presents the results of a questionnaire based study that examined the relationship between attitudes towards taking precautions to Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and sexual risk taking of students in a South African province. Reports that attitudes towards AIDS precaution was more positive in females than males. Includes references.…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, College Students, Educational Research, Females
