Doctoral Degrees (Education, Development, Leadership and Management)
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The role of traditional leaders in the maintenance of learners’ discipline in rural schools: a multi-site case study.
(2020)This thesis constitutes the report of the study conducted towards the fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in education. This research project explored the role of traditional leaders ... -
School principals perceived and desired leadership development pathways: evidence from one district of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
(2020)The quality of school reforms and learner performance are integrally linked to school principals‟ leadership development, which elicits both anxiety and concern, as evidenced by studies on educational improvements which ... -
Exploring disciplinary measures in two Zimbabwean secondary schools: an investigation into a restorative justice approach.
(2021)This qualitative case study explored the implementation of restorative justice in response to students’ indiscipline in two Zimbabwean secondary schools. The study was bounded in two secondary ... -
School principals perceived and desired leadership development pathways: evidence from one district of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa.
(2020)The quality of school reforms and learner performance are integrally linked to school principals‟ leadership development, which elicits both anxiety and concern, as evidenced by studies on educational improvements which ... -
The dynamics of implementing school-based teacher professional development in South Africa: a case study of one rural education circuit in KwaZulu-Natal.
(2020)To transform education in South Africa, it is necessary that teachers, school principals and the circuit manager be appropriately equipped to meet the mounting challenges and needs of this developing country through the ... -
The dynamics of school violence: a qualitative study of two secondary schools in Umlazi Township, south of Durban.
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Exploring ethical leadership practices in challenging township school contexts: a multiple case study.
(2020)This qualitative and interpretivist study sought to explore the conceptualisation and enactment of ethical leadership by school principals and teachers in challenging township school contexts. A multiple case study ... -
The dynamics of leading in rural contexts: narratives of primary school Principals.
(2020)The South African public education system, is a two-tiered education system, comprising the poor schools and the least poor schools. The former are ranked quintiles 1, 2 and 3 while the latter are ranked quintile 4 and ... -
School Heads’ leadership practices in enhancing quality education: perspectives from six Rural Day Secondary Schools of Masvingo District in Zimbabwe.
(2020)The study reported in this document was conceptualised and conducted as a research project towards a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree. Therefore, this study explored educational leadership practices of School Heads and ... -
Learners’ learning through digitized learning resources in Mauritian primary schools.
(2019)With the fourth Industrial Revolution on our doorstep, Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) continue to have a major impact on our everyday living, and more so in education. There have been many initiatives ... -
Leadership for learning in Zimbabwean secondary schools: narratives of school heads.
(2020)School heads (principals) play a major role in ensuring that teaching and learning are the core activities of the school. Some school heads fail to lead teaching and learning effectively resulting in poor academic achievement ... -
An analysis of higher education funding: consideration towards a viable model for South Africa.
(2019)The funding framework for Higher Education has always been a contentious issue in South Africa, and more so in recent years. For some time now, it has continued to adopt a predominantly performance-based model within a ... -
Learning to be ‘Out of Order’: a life history of the Church land programme and the theoretical development of its praxis.
(2019)This thesis is driven by the view that we urgently need a more truly emancipatory African politics, beyond the politics of the state or the hegemonic politics of the powerful; and the potential role of ‘civil society’ in ... -
The dynamics of partnership in South African schools: learning from school principals, SGB chairpersons and teacher-union site stewards.
(2019)This study explored the dynamics of school partnership in five schools located in the Durban Metropolitan area. This study was a multiple case-study. I utilised four research questions. Though literature on partnership was ... -
Resource mobilisation for the sustainability of schools within rural context: voices of school stakeholders at UMzimkhulu circuit in Harry Gwala District Municipality.
(2018)Research has suggested that if we are to make a difference in the lives of those who live, work and learn in rural contexts, we urgently need studies with a focus on identifying existing resources and assets in communities ... -
Sailing in turbulent conditions: principals’ leadership experiences about turning around underperforming schools in deprived contexts.
(2019)The study was aimed at exploring the leadership experiences of principals in transforming underperforming schools in deprived contexts in the Umgungundlovu District. The problem that gave rise to the research was about how ... -
An exploration of teacher learning in a life sciences cluster in Mpumalanga Province.
(2019)Teacher professional learning is a terrain that continues to prove challenging to be clearly understood by key role players. Many initiatives and policies have been designed, redesigned and replaced within no time after ... -
The dynamics of inclusive education in further education and training in South Africa: a case study of two technical and vocational education and training colleges in Pietermaritzburg.
(2019)This research investigated the dynamics of inclusive education in higher education institutions and how inclusive education is understood and practiced in Technical and Vocational Education and Training College (TVET) (DoE, ... -
Leadership and gender : exploring female students’ lived experiences of leadership in Ugandan public University Councils.
(2018)Female student representatives on public university councils in Uganda are elected student leaders who are part of the highest supreme organ in the University. The study aimed at exploring female students’ lived experiences ... -
Mapping the pedagogic practice of grade ten English teachers: a qualitative multi-lensed study.
(2019)This study addresses the issue of how to track the classroom talk of subject English teachers in Grade Ten classrooms in KwaZulu-Natal. Subject English, as a horizontal knowledge structure, presents particular challenges ...
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