Publication Date
In 2024 | 0 |
Since 2023 | 1 |
Since 2020 (last 5 years) | 2 |
Since 2015 (last 10 years) | 9 |
Since 2005 (last 20 years) | 11 |
Descriptor
Administrator Attitudes | 11 |
Foreign Countries | 11 |
Instructional Leadership | 11 |
Principals | 9 |
Case Studies | 4 |
Qualitative Research | 4 |
Academic Achievement | 3 |
Administrator Role | 3 |
Educational Change | 3 |
Focus Groups | 3 |
Interviews | 3 |
More ▼ |
Source
South African Journal of… | 11 |
Author
Bantwini, Bongani D. | 1 |
Chikoko, Vitallis | 1 |
Gokyer, Necmi | 1 |
Heystek, Jan | 1 |
Jwan, Julius O. | 1 |
Kisaka, Sella T. | 1 |
Kramer, Michael | 1 |
Makhasane, Sekitla Daniel | 1 |
Mestry, Raj | 1 |
Moorosi, Pontso | 1 |
Mpungose, Jabulani | 1 |
More ▼ |
Publication Type
Journal Articles | 11 |
Reports - Research | 11 |
Education Level
Secondary Education | 3 |
Elementary Education | 2 |
Elementary Secondary Education | 1 |
High Schools | 1 |
Junior High Schools | 1 |
Middle Schools | 1 |
Audience
Location
South Africa | 9 |
Kenya | 1 |
Turkey | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Kramer, Michael – South African Journal of Education, 2023
School leadership matters. After teachers and teaching, school leadership is the most important determinant of learner achievement in school. Despite this, there is still uncertainty regarding what successfulschool leadership is and what successful school leaders do in non-Western contexts. In this mixed methods study I explored successful high…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Principals, Instructional Leadership, Leadership Styles
Gokyer, Necmi – South African Journal of Education, 2020
In the study reported on here we aimed to determine the role of strengthening leadership behaviour on the psychological contract in primary and secondary schools. The population was a total of 7,772 teachers (3,627 primary school teachers and 4,145 middle school teachers) working in the districts of Baglar, Kayapinar, Sur and Yenisehir in…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Administrator Attitudes, Role, Leadership Styles
Naidoo, Parvathy – South African Journal of Education, 2019
One of the reasons attributed to the continuous decline in student performance and low educational outcomes in public schools is the poor leadership displayed by many principals. Despite the fact that there are no stringent criteria for the appointment of school principals or prerequisite qualifications, principals do have the potential to lead…
Descriptors: School Administration, Public Schools, Principals, Administrator Qualifications
Smit, Brigitte – South African Journal of Education, 2018
In this article, bullying in South African schools is conceptualised regarding both the phenomenon and the leadership style using a relational framework. An instrumental case study nested in social constructivism was applied. I employed semistructured interviews, including some open-ended questionnaires, based on the same interview questions.…
Descriptors: Leadership Styles, Case Studies, Bullying, Constructivism (Learning)
Bantwini, Bongani D.; Moorosi, Pontso – South African Journal of Education, 2018
The role of circuit managers is an essential component of school district leadership, which provides a necessary bridge between schools and government. School districts play a vital role in continuously collaborating, guiding and leading, and challenging schools to raise standards. In this paper, we draw on a subset of semi-structured interviews…
Descriptors: Administrators, Administrator Attitudes, Foreign Countries, School Districts
Jwan, Julius O.; Kisaka, Sella T. – South African Journal of Education, 2017
Principals in Kenyan schools are required to adopt democratic school leadership practises as part of the government policy. Adopting an interpretive case study, this paper set out to explore the application of democracy, ethics and social justice in secondary schools in Kenya. The study was in two phases. Phase one: twelve school principals were…
Descriptors: Democracy, Social Justice, Ethics, Foreign Countries
Mestry, Raj – South African Journal of Education, 2017
Globally, education systems have been affected by radical social, political and economic changes. Although school principals play a pivotal role in improving student learning and attaining educational outcomes, they work under strenuous conditions to deal with multifaceted transformational issues. Principals experience great difficulty in coping…
Descriptors: Principals, Empowerment, Foreign Countries, Educational Change
Makhasane, Sekitla Daniel; Chikoko, Vitallis – South African Journal of Education, 2016
The continued use of corporal punishment in some South African schools and the reasons advanced for it make this subject topical even now, twenty years after the abolition of this practice. Corporal punishment is a worrying issue among human rights activists and scholars. This paper reports on contestations and paradoxes regarding the use of…
Descriptors: Case Studies, High School Students, Punishment, Foreign Countries
Heystek, Jan – South African Journal of Education, 2015
A formidable challenge most school leaders in South Africa face is to improve the academic results in state schools. In terms of their contracts, principals are accountable for the academic results as reflected in examination and test results for their schools. The National Department of Education (currently the Department of Basic Education) has…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Attitudes, Motivation, Disadvantaged Schools
Mpungose, Jabulani – South African Journal of Education, 2010
Adopting a humanistic perspective to the study of leadership, I discuss and describe how school principals adapt to their new roles, owing to the new education policies and educational restructuring within the South African Department of Education. The Life History approach was used to collect data from six selected school principals in…
Descriptors: Principals, Personal Narratives, Self Concept, Professional Identity
Steyn, Trudie – South African Journal of Education, 2007
South African schools are constantly faced with evolving needs and challenges characterised by change. As in other countries, schools in South Africa encounter pressure to "produce more for less" and at the same time to achieve certain goals and standards. Transforming schools into inviting institutions requires a paradigm shift among…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Elementary Education, Educational Theories