The impact of instructional leadership on the culture of teaching and learning in rural schools of the Eastern Cape
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Authors
Yobe, Abigail
Issue Date
2019-11-15
Type
Dissertation
Language
en
Keywords
Buffalo City Municipality , Culture of teaching and learning , Eastern Cape , Education officials , Effective leadership , Instructional leadership , National Senior Certificate , Principals , Qualitative research methodology , Rural schools , Learners’ performances , Teacher collaboration , Teacher engagement , Theoretical analytical framework , Transformational leadership
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Abstract
The purpose of this research is to examine the impact of instructional leadership on the culture of teaching and learning in ten rural schools of the Eastern Cape categorised as performing and under performing schools. The research utilises the transformational leadership theory in its theoretical analytical framework as the model for effective leadership. The research argues that principals’ instructional leadership can significantly improve teacher engagement, teacher collaboration and learner performances in the ten rural schools.
The study draws on the qualitative research methodology, instruments utilised are interviews of teachers, principals and top education officials within the Buffalo City Municipality. Past matric results of the rural schools under consideration were retrieved from the archives of the National Senior Certificate Results to measure the impact of instructional leadership on the culture of teaching and learning and learners’ performances. The study concludes that there is a relationship between instructional leadership and learners’ outcomes.