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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doaj-964ac9ddfb7348908b16a5216502b4e82020-11-25T01:12:44ZengLLC "CPC "Business Perspectives"Problems and Perspectives in Management1727-70511810-54672016-06-0114224024910.21511/ppm.14(2-1).2016.147252Leading and manage diverse schools in South AfricaHerman J van Vuuren0Philip C van der Westhuizen1JL van der Walt2Ph.D., Associate Professor, Director of the School of Language Education, North West University Potchefstroom CampusPh.D., Extra-ordinary Professor, Faculty of Education, North-West UniversityNorth-West University Potchefstroom Campus, Faculty of Education Sciences, South AfricaAll 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 principalshttps://businessperspectives.org/images/pdf/applications/publishing/templates/article/assets/7252/PPM_2016_02cont1_Vuuren.pdf |
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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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