Parents' role in governance: the case of early childhood development centres in Mabopane
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Authors
Mbele, Kgoto Jan
Issue Date
2018-10
Type
Dissertation
Language
en
Keywords
Accountability , Civil society organisations , Decision-making , Early childhood development , Early childhood development centres , ECD centre managers , Good governance , Mabopane , Non-governmental organisations , Non-profit organisations , Social capital theory , Stakeholder theory
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Abstract
Good governance occupies a centre stage in the development discourse. Since there are currently no guidelines on the practice of good governance for ECD centres, this qualitative study followed the exploratory research approach and employed the case study research
design to gain insight into how ECD centres in Mabopane practiced good governance concerning the roles played by parents in decision-making and accountability. The study used the Social Capital and Stakeholder theoretical frameworks to contextualise the investigation and employed eclectic methodological approaches involving triangulated sampling techniques, data collection methods and tools as well as data sources to generate data. The data were analysed using thematic content analysis and it was found amongst others that there were weaknesses in the governance practices within the ECD centres
regarding parents’ roles in decision-making and accountability. The study recommended, amongst others, for concerted efforts involving all stakeholders to address those flaws.
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Citation
Mbele, Kgoto Jan (2018) Parents' role in governance: the case of early childhood development centres in Mabopane, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/25408>