Teaching qualitative data analysis using computer software such as Atlas.ti™ to masters and doctoral students as well as university colleagues has presented a number of challenges together with moments of inspiration. The ...

In order to transform education in South Africa it is necessary for teachers to be appropriately equipped to meet the country’s evolving needs. The National Policy Framework for Teacher Education and Development is an ...

This ethnographic narrative, which is theoretically framed by appreciative inquiry, attends to the life of a school principal in a rural school in South Africa. The aim of this longitudinal ethnographic narrative inquiry ...

This qualitative narrative inquiry focused on relational female leadership and ethics of care from a feminist perspective. Female leadership in a rural educational setting called for in-depth qualitative inquiries specifically ...

Educational leadership is an important subject in the literature, which is mostly investigated from a male tradition. Little research is conducted on a feminine approach, such as relational leadership in educational ...

This study reports on staff members’ perceptions of teacher collaboration at two South African schools that received the inviting school award from the International Alliance for Invitational Education. The inviting school ...

This study compared the perceptions of staff of the existence of a professional learning community in two South African inviting schools. School A had been an inviting school since 1993, and a new principal had been appointed ...

The issue of university governance has become the subject of intense debate globally, triggering a contest for governance systems that are responsive to the changing demands of university stakeholders. This article focuses ...

Often research on the professional development (PD) of staff is framed within a problem-based context that focuses on the PD-related problems experienced by staff. This study pursued a different approach by using the ...

In line with international studies this study reports in a case study how a South African school principal succeeded in sustaining leadership despite the challenges South African schools experience and how the principal’s ...