Strategies to Ensure the Effective Implementation of Learner Discipline Policies: A Case of 4 South African Secondary Schools

South African schools are faced with a serious problem of indiscipline. The available literature reveals that despite the efforts of school administrators and teachers to instil discipline among learners, indiscipline still abounds to the extent of getting out of hand. Based on the intention of this study, a qualitative study was adopted. A qualitative-based study underpinned by the interpretive research paradigm was employed to explore the perspectives of educators in their collaborative roles in managing discipline. The sample comprised twelve educators who were purposively selected from four secondary schools in the Ilembe District, KwaZulu-Natal. A semi-structured interview schedule was used to collect the data. The findings revealed that educators should apply the school code of conduct as a whole-school approach to managing discipline to create meaningful relationships with parents as stakeholders and communicate expected behaviours with learners. It is recommended that in implementing strategies to manage discipline, learners, educators, school managers and the school governing boards of all schools should take a collaborative approach to the management of discipline in secondary schools

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Status of astronomy in Rwanda and volunteer work at Kigali Institute of Education (KIE)

Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union ◽

10.1017/s1743921314012022 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 10 (H16) ◽

pp. 544-544

Author(s):

M. Pović ◽

P. Nkundabakura ◽

J. Uwamahoro

Keyword(s):

Secondary Schools ◽

South African ◽

Space Science ◽

Volunteer Work ◽

Research Projects ◽

The South ◽

Ongoing Effort ◽

Physics Department ◽

Astronomical Facility

Until 2009, astronomy was undeveloped in Rwanda, without astronomy courses at universities and schools, astronomical facilities, or any outreach programmes. With the international year of astronomy in 2009, Dr. Pheneas Nkundabakura and Dr. Jean Uwamahoro from the KIE Maths-Physics department, both graduates from the South African NASSP Programme (http://www.star.ac.za), started a program of implementing the astronomical knowledge at schools and universities. During the same year 2009, IAU donated 100 galileoscopes for the secondary schools, and several astronomy workshops were organised for the teachers. IAU donated also 5 laptops to help students and lecturers to learn and use astronomy software. With this, KIE students have now a possibility to choose astronomy/space science for their undergraduate final year research projects. Moreover, there is an ongoing effort to look for further collaboration towards establishing the first astronomical facility (observatory) in the country.

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Whistleblowing: Impediments to effective implementation within the South African public sector

Corporate Ownership and Control ◽

10.22495/cocv8i3c1p3 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 8 (3) ◽

pp. 196-208 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Nirmala Dorasamy ◽

Soma Pillay

Keyword(s):

Public Sector ◽

South African ◽

Public Service ◽

Justice System ◽

Quantitative Research ◽

Code Of Conduct ◽

The South ◽

The Public ◽

Effective Implementation ◽

The Cost

This purpose of this article is to explore impediments to effective whistleblowing as a strategy for promoting anti-corruption practices within the South African public sector. Corruption, which violates the public service code of conduct; deters foreign investment, increases the cost of public service delivery, undermines the fight against poverty and unnecessarily burdens the criminal justice system. The article addresses the question on whether legislation on whistleblowing is adequate to encourage whistleblowing in the public sector. A review of literature determines that the effective implementation of whistleblowing legislation is largely dependent on addressing the challenges identified in the article. The quantitative research method was employed in the study to ascertain the views of employees in the public sector on whistleblowing. Empirical findings confirm the hypothesis that the protection of whistleblowers through legislation is inadequate to encourage whistleblowing. The article provides a conceptual framework for the effective achievement of the intended outcomes of whistleblowing in the public sector.

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Professional Development of Computer Studies Teachers for Effective Implementation of Computer Education Curriculum in Secondary Schools

10.7176/jep/10-20-01 ◽

2019 ◽

Keyword(s):

Professional Development ◽

Secondary Schools ◽

Computer Education ◽

Education Curriculum ◽

Effective Implementation ◽

Computer Studies

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A South African Perspective of Grade 9 Learners’ Experiences of Children’s Rights

The International Journal of Children s Rights ◽

10.1163/15718182-02602003 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 26 (2) ◽

pp. 278-294

Author(s):

Lucia Munongi ◽

Jace Pillay

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Human Rights ◽

Content Analysis ◽

Secondary Schools ◽

South African ◽

Children's Rights ◽

Children’S Rights ◽

African Perspective ◽

Radical Approach

This study aimed to determine children’s experiences of their rights. The sample consisted of 185 Grade 9 pupils (females = 95; males = 90) randomly sampled from 13 secondary schools from Johannesburg, South Africa, from a previous study. The participants were requested to write their responses to an open-ended question: ‘What do you think of children’s rights in South Africa?’ The data were analysed using content analysis since the data from the open-ended question was qualitative in nature. Results indicated that children were aware that they have rights, and that adults were still violating them. Based on the findings and a human rights-basedframework, several recommendations were made, such as, the need to adopt a more radical approach when dealing with children’s rights and the need to encourage schools and families to develop a culture of respecting children’s rights.

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The Impact of Knowledge and Attitude of SGB Members Toward Adoption of Social Justice and Democracy

Research Anthology on Preparing School Administrators to Lead Quality Education Programs ◽

10.4018/978-1-7998-3438-0.ch074 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1642-1663

Author(s):

Austin Musundire ◽

Rudzani Israel Lumadi

Keyword(s):

Social Justice ◽

Public Schools ◽

Special Reference ◽

Language Policy ◽

South African ◽

Effective Implementation ◽

Knowledge And Attitude ◽

Democratic Principles ◽

And Behavior ◽

The Impact

The purpose of this literature study was to investigate the impact of the knowledge and attitude of School Governing Board (SGB) members towards adoption of social justice and democratic practices for quality education in South African public schools with special reference to the language policy. Findings indicated that that bias is still a challenge in the institutions of learning in South Africa in terms of the implementation of the language policy by the members of the SGB. It was also found that increasing the level knowledge of the members; SGB members regarding social justice and democratic principles and practices with special reference to the South African language policy will change their attitude and behavior geared towards improved implementation of the same policy. It is also concluded that effective implementation of change management models can also coordinate the link between knowledge development, change of attitude and behavior towards effective implementation strategies of the language policy.

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