The purpose of this study was to examine the leadership styles adopted by school principals and their influence on the job performance of primary school teachers in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. The study was designed to ...
This article is based on my inaugural lecture that I delivered at the University of South Africa on 6 November 2013. The topic of the inaugural lecture was “active and accountable social inquiry” In the inaugural address ...
Romm, Norma Ruth Arlene(Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 2015-01-01)
In this article I consider some examples of conducting focus groups in South Africa with
school teachers in a manner which takes into account indigenous ways of knowing. Indigenous knowing (within various indigenous ...
The purpose of this mixed methods research was to investigate the transformational leadership role of principals in Ethiopian secondary schools. The research examined the existence of transformational school leadership ...
In this paper I consider the contours of a transformative research paradigm with pragmatic twist. I offer an account of various ways of activating transformative paradigmatic intentions to contribute to social justice. I ...
Venter, E (Elza); Vogel, D (Dalena); du Plessis, EC (Elize)(Proceedings of the 2009 Annual Conference of the Education Association of South Africa, EASA, 2010)
Most schools have some kind of problem with bullying. Bullying means to repeatedly harm a person psychologically, physically and/or emotionally. Power and aggression play an important role in bullying – bullies feel they ...
du Plessis, EC (Elize); Pretorius, FJ (Francois)(Proceedings of the 2012 Annual Conference of the Education Association of South Africa, 2013-07)
The vulnerable part of open distance learning (ODL) is usually viewed
as systemic, that is, the misalignment of processes and procedures. For example, ODL fails when marked assignments and tutorial letters with examination ...
du Plessis, EC (Elize)(Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES) Conference Books Volume 11, 2013-05)
Worldwide there is a responsibility of governments to provide learners with quality education to face the challenges of change. Emanating from this challenge, the Department of Basic Education (DBE) in South Africa ...
du Plessis, EC (Elize); Marais, P (Petro)(Tydskrif vir Geesteswetenskappe, 2017-06)
The South African Constitution explicitly prohibits unfair discrimination on the grounds of race or sex. In our schools, this means that every learner in the country has a right to good education, a safe school environment ...
du Plessis, EC (Elize)(Tydskrif vir Christelike wetenskap, 2017)
Moral values are interwoven in all aspects of teaching: in the curriculum, in the school culture, and as moral examples in teachers’ behaviour. Working with values is an
essential part of teaching. The task of the teacher ...
du Plessis, EC (Elize); Marais, P (Petro)(JOURNAL OF ASIAN AND AFRICAN STUDIES, 2017-08)
The methodology of grounded theory has great potential to contribute to our understanding of leadership within particular substantive contexts. Leadership is a global phenomenon, but appears to have a variety of attributes ...
Du Plessis, EC (Elize); Marais, P (Petro)(The Independent Journal of Teaching and Learning, 2015)
The Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) is a modification of what to teach (curriculum) and not how to teach (teaching methods) in South African schools. In July 2009, the Minister of Basic Education ...
Marais, P (Petro); du Plessis, EC (Elize)(International Journal of Education Sciences., 2015)
ABSTRACT The appropriateness of Learnership Programs (LPs) that combine work-based experience for teacher training through an Open Distance Learning (ODL) Institution motivated this research. The specific aim of this paper ...
Kamper, GD (Gerrit); du Plessis, EC (Elize)(Africa Education Review, 2014-01-16)
The notion of ‘openness’ in terms like open distance learning (ODL) is sometimes rather
carelessly used, for example in the work-integrated learning (WIL) of distance learners
(such as the teaching practice of UNISA’s ...
du Plessis, EC (Elize); Mbunyuza, MM (Maura)(Journal of Social Sciences (JSS), 2014)
Governments, across the globe are accountable for training teachers to provide learners
with quality education to face the challenges of globalisation and curriculum change. Arising from this challenge, the Department ...
This study investigated factors that cause the poor performance of learners in the science subjects at the Ingwavuma Circuit. Using a mixed method design, samples were chosen purposefully in four high schools in the Ingwavuma ...
du Plessis, EC (Elize)(The Independent Journal of Teaching and Learning, 2013)
Effective mentoring is pivotal to the development of student teachers. In this study, the
researcher focused on the experiences of the University of South Africa (Unisa) distance education students who are enrolled for ...
The continuous professional development of teachers is vital for the well-being of
any education system. This article ref lects on the adoption and implementation of
the National Curriculum Statement with its outcomes-based ...
du Plessis, EC (Elize); Marais, P (Petro)(Progressio, 2013-08-19)
Students’ teaching practice plays a significant role in preparing them for the teaching profession. This study focused on the emotional experiences of open distance learning
(ODL) student teachers during their ...
du Plessis, EC (Elize); Marais, P (Petro)(Koers, 2012-06-12)
Since the abolishment of legislation (the South African Schools Act, No. 84 of 1996) stipulating that a learner may only attend a certain school in an area, there is great competition amongst schools to attract learners ...