Leadership approaches to negotiate challenges in a changing education landscape

Volume editor

Leentjie van Jaarsveld

Volume editor

Kobus Mentz

Volume editor

Charl C Wolhuter

Synopsis

The argumentative point of departure of this scholarly book is the common conviction of specialists in the field of education in South Africa that the national education system is not at a satisfactory level – in both the academic and the public discourse. Such allegations are made, and stronger adjectives than ‘non-satisfactory’ are frequently used. Results of international test series in which South Africa has participated, such as the 2015 TIMSS tests, confirm the negative verdicts found in the (public and scholarly) discourse. This book argues that although the lack of performance could be attributed to a multiplicity of factors, leadership can make a difference in the achievement levels obtained by learners in schools. The book demonstrates that a particular problem of both the scholarly and the public discourse on education in South Africa is an overtone of defeatism or resignation, blaming all ills in the education system and educational institutions on historical legacies and/or contextual factors (such as socioeconomic deprivation in the catchment areas of schools) or poor resources and infrastructure. This collected work was inspired by a recently published spate of articles on top-performing schools (including top-performing schools in rural communities), in which it was demonstrated that good leadership can overcome such contextual and other challenges. The book unpacks the issue of leadership in South African schools from various perspectives, thus contributing to developing the scholarly discourse on educational leadership in South Africa. The target audience of the book is scholars of educational leadership. The research reported in the chapters draws on various methodologies, including empirical (survey) research (questionnaires and interviews), critical literature surveys, and the comparative method.

Chapters

Chapter 1
Leadership as an instrument to address the challenges faced by South African schools

Charl C Wolhuter
Chapter 2
Contextual factors and leadership at underperforming schools

Charl C Wolhuter, Leentjie van Jaarsveld, Branwen H Challens
Chapter 3
Moral leadership: An imperative for principals in underperforming schools

Branwen H Challens, Charl C Wolhuter, Leentjie van Jaarsveld
chapter 4
Influence of school principal’s leadership on the school climate in underperforming schools

Leentjie van Jaarsveld, Branwen H Challens, Charl C Wolhuter
Chapter 5
The principal’s leading role during change in schools towards sustainable improvement in disadvantaged settings

Arrie van Wyk
Chapter 6
School leadership, school climate and academic performance: Results of a study in KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa

Leentjie van Jaarsveld, Kobus Mentz
Chapter 7
School principal leadership in the 21st century

Leentjie van Jaarsveld
Chapter 8
A model for the induction of deputy principals in diverse school contexts

Jan B Khumalo
Chapter 9
The need for curriculum leadership training programmes for members of school management teams

Tshepo T Tapala
Chapter 10
Managing schools with the use of information and communications technology: Needs of rural and township school principals

CP van der Vyver, AC Malan
Chapter 11
The influence of local school governance structures on creating an opportunity for establishing a positive school climate

Deon Vos
Chapter 12
Leadership and the challenges faced by South African schools in a changing world

Charl C Wolhuter

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