- Title
- Investigation into School Managers’ role as facilitators of Teachers to improve Teacher effectiveness and efficiency
- Creator
- Peter, Tembelihle
- Subject
- School principals -- Facilitation -- South Africa Teachers – Effectiveness and efficiency School manager -- Educators—Professional development-- South Africa – Eastern Cape
- Date Issued
- 2015
- Date
- 2015
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- M Ed
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/11260/1314
- Identifier
- vital:30803
- Description
- This research study examined the role of management by school managers in the three strata schools of the Mthatha Education District in the Province of the Eastern Cape of South Africa. The researcher tried to show how School managers provide a leadership role especially in the Mthatha schools in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. It was deduced from the statistical data presented that there is a significant correlation between a school manager’s tasks and the quality of education. This shows that when school managers plan properly, organizing properly, leading and control management task be better all resources of the school will be managed better. The proper execution of management tasks of planning, organizing, leading and control by school managers have contributed extensively to the success of schools. The researcher used both qualitative and quantitative methods in –order to collect data. Two instruments namely, questionnaires and interviews were used in –order to collect data. Tools used during quantitative research design data collection are questionnaires. Questionnaires were used in order to pilot the study for the purposes of identifying with rich information. The researcher used structured questions for quantitative questionnaires. Respondents answered questionnaires in the absence of the researcher in-order to allow anonymity and a stress –free environment. Tools used for the qualitative research design data collection method were interviews. Interviews were used for the information rich subjects. During interviews, the researcher used face-to-face, one- to- one interviews with each subject. The sample subjects in this study for the quantitative method were school managers of Mthatha schools. The total number of participants was 14. All of them returned their questionnaire responses at the agreed time with the researcher. Amongst the findings that emerged were; a high level of enthusiasm in all three schools for change; however, different kinds of hindrances were experienced. ii Finally, recommendations and suggestions were made starting that schools have to follow strict management /leadership programs.
- Format
- xi, 80 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- Walter Sisulu University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Educational Sciences
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Walter Sisulu University
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