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School governing bodies' support of schools to promote quality academic performance
(North-West University, 2018)School governance in South Africa is the single most important factor in education that seems to experience apparent insurmountable challenges. Although more than a decade has passed since the enactment of the South African ... -
School governing body election deficiencies: deliberative democracy knocking at the door
(2015)As forums, School Governing Bodies have the makings of a great and unique South African democratic tradition as they reflect local deliberations, participative decision-making by stakeholders in education. The main contention ... -
De school hoort aan de ouders / Prof. J. Kamp in opdracht van het C.N.O. congres van 26 en 27 Junie 1912
(Potchefstroom : Westen-Drukkerij, 1912)Op de C. N. 0. Konferentie, gehouden te Potchefstroom, 26 en 27 Junie 1912, werd het volgende besluit gcnomen: Een kommissie worde gekozen om een brochure te schrijven, waarin het doel der Vereniging duidelik worde voorgesteld ... -
School leaders' perceptions of promoting relational well-being in a secondary school community
(2015)Globally there seems to be an increase in psychosocial problems in school communities. This tendency can largely be contributed to the increasing complexity of modern society. Research studies indicate that for an ... -
School Management Team strategies for effective parental involvement at secondary schools in Lesotho
(North-West University, 2019)The importance of parental involvement (PI) has been acknowledged worldwide and the benefits of PI have been emphasized by literature. Although the benefits for PI are well known, it is not a given that PI is taking place ... -
School Management Team strategies for the enactment of teacher leadership in secondary schools
(North-West University (South Africa)., 2022)South-African post-apartheid legislation enforced democratic school management through the establishment of School Governing Bodies (SGBs) and School Management Teams (SMTs), and paved the way for distributed- or participative ... -
School management team's management and leadership of learner discipline : the case of two secondary schools in the North West province
(North-West University (South Africa)., 2021)Learner discipline management continues to be a common problem for educators, parents, and learners in most South African schools. The purpose of this study was to investigate the School management team’s management of ... -
School marketing and school choice : a marketing programme for school in the North West West Province
(North-West University (South Africa)., 2007)The purpose of this study was to determine from the literature, the nature and scope of school marketing and school choice, and to determine the different marketing strategies used by schools, and furthermore, to empirically ... -
School policies and the health promoting school (HPS) : an investigation in primary schools in the North West Province
(North-West University, 2007)A series of acts which were passed during the apartheid era have undoubtedly deprived the marginalized groups, namely, the so called Coloureds, Indians and the black majority their political rights. Apartheid policies ... -
School principals in the North-West Education Department as curriculum reform leaders : a critical analysis
(2014)In the past, South Africa had a structure that dealt separately with matters relating to curriculum development and the problems of management and control determined from the hierarchical authority. Since 1994, the curriculum ... -
School principals' ability to influence the improvement of learner performance in selected rural schools in Limpopo
(North-West University (South Africa)., 2023)The focus of this study was on school principals' ability to influence the improvement of under- performance in rural schools. The effectiveness of school leadership lies within the principal’s competency in management, ... -
The school readiness performance of a group of Grade R learners in primary schools in the Gauteng Province of South Africa
(AOSIS, 2015)Grade R is the year before learners in South Africa start formal schooling and has been part of the General Education Training Band (GET) since 1998. New efforts are being made to enable all five- to six-year-olds to attend ... -
School safety : guidelines for improving safety in secondary schools in the North-West Province
(North-West University (South Africa)., 2007)Schools are no more a safe place in many countries where learners and educators can carry on with their daily routine without fear or intimidation. South African schools are no exception to this unacceptable trend in the ... -
School social workers' perceptions of their role within the framework of inclusive education
(North-West University (South Africa), Potchefstroom Campus, 2016)School social workers have played an important role in schools for many years. In the South African context, school social workers render a service within the framework of inclusive education. This implies that all learners ... -
School uniforms: tradition, benefit or predicament?
(Taylor & Francis, 2012)This article focuses on the controversies surrounding school uniforms. Roleplayers in this debate in South Africa are parents, learners and educators, and arguments centre on aspects such as identity, economy and the ... -
School violence in secondary schools : guidelines for the establishment of health promoting schools
(North-West University, 2005)Ten years after the introduction of the new democratic political dispensation in 1994, violence in schools are as rife as before. There has been no significant decrease in school violence during this period. Violence has ... -
School-based assessment in English language teaching: weighing the cow will not fatten it
(Stellenbosch University, 2016)Education systems of the 21st century face the challenge of reflecting the needs of an extremely dynamic global society. Of paramount importance is students' aptitude for life-long learning; a quality that needs to be ... -
School-based assessment: The leash needed to keep the poetic 'unruly pack of hounds' effectively in the hunt for learning outcomes
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A school-based wellbeing programme to promote social functioning in middle childhood
(North-West University (South-Africa), 2019)This study was done from a positive psychology perspective and was based on Bronfenbrenner’s bio-ecological systems theory as well as Erikson’s psychosocial theory. Educators’ experiences of the social functioning of ... -
Schooling in the early Orange Free State: Inception to Union, 1836 to 1910
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2016)Schooling is generally affected by prevailing social, political and ideological trends. In this article, the provision of schooling for European children, mainly of Dutch Voortrekker descent, is examined through the years ...