Leading and managing diverse schools in South Africa
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2016Author
Van Vuuren, Herman
Van der Westhuizen, Philip C.
Van der Walt, J.L.
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All school populations are diverse in many ways. The diversity in South African schools has been compounded since 1994 with the migration of Black learners to former "white" schools. Some schools and their principals have succeeded in coping efficiently with the new social and cultural makeup of their schools, while others have been struggling and even resigned under the pressures of all the conflicting demands from stakeholders. The theoretical and empirical investigation reported in this paper shows that principals and schools could benefit enormously from learning from the experiences of the more successful schools and their principals
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