Determinants of school success in disadvantaged environments

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Mampuru, Marisane Edward

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2009-08-25T10:54:34Z

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en

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Visionary leadership , Educational leader , School success , Total quality management , Disadvantaged environments

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Learners in disadvantaged environments are less likely to do well at school. Yet some of the most successful schools operate in such environments. The purpose of this study was to establish the relative influence of various determinants of school success in disadvantaged environments. To this end literature study was done in two phases. The first resulted in a taxonomy of success factors, which was then used to guide the second in-depth phase. Thereafter an empirical study was done, involving qualitative field work at four successful schools in disadvantaged environments. Empirically it was discovered that there is no single most important success factor because all success factors are interrelated and interdependent. The over-arching success factor discovered in this study which was involvement of all stakeholders.

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Mampuru, Marisane Edward (2009) Determinants of school success in disadvantaged environments, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1578>

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