Leading and manage diverse schools in South Africa
All school populations are diverse in many ways. The diversity in South African schools has been compounded since 1994 with the migration of Black learners to former ‘white’ schools. Some schools and their principals have succeeded in coping efficiently with the new social and cultural makeup of the...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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LLC "CPC "Business Perspectives"
2016-06-01
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| Series: | Problems and Perspectives in Management |
| Online Access: | https://businessperspectives.org/images/pdf/applications/publishing/templates/article/assets/7252/PPM_2016_02cont1_Vuuren.pdf |
| Summary: | All school populations are diverse in many ways. The diversity in South African schools has been compounded since 1994 with the migration of Black learners to former ‘white’ schools. Some schools and their principals have succeeded in coping efficiently with the new social and cultural makeup of their schools, while others have been struggling and even resigned under the pressures of all the conflicting demands from stakeholders. The theoretical and empirical investigation reported in this paper shows that principals and schools could benefit enormously from learning from the experiences of the more successful schools and their principals |
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| ISSN: | 1727-7051 1810-5467 |