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Assisting school management teams to construct their school improvement plans: an action learning approach
(Education Association of SA (EASA), 2014)
This article reports on a first cycle of a larger action research study conducted to determine how Circuit Teams could support School Management Teams of underperforming high schools towards whole-school development. ...
Values-based self-reflective action research for promoting gender equality: some unexpected lessons
(University of the Free State, 2014)
The idea of using values as a means of guiding our research decisions and judging the
validity of our claims of knowledge is well established in literature on the self-reflective
genre of action research. Values in action ...
'You learn from going through the process': the perceptions of South African school leaders about action research
(SAGE, 2013)
In South Africa, the under-resourced and socially challenging contexts in which the
majority of schools function, calls for leadership that has the vision to look beyond
seemingly insurmountable problems. South African ...
Values-based self-reflective action research for promoting gender equality: some unexpected lessons
(University of the Free State, 2014)
The idea of using values as a means of guiding our research decisions and judging the validity of our claims of knowledge is well established in literature on the self-reflective genre of action research. Values in action ...
How are action researchers contributing to knowledge democracy? A global perspective
(Taylor & Francis, 2018)
Although action research has been widely recognized as an appropriate
methodology for promoting the democratization of knowledge,
it is not always conducted from an emancipatory and
transformative paradigm. Using AR in ...
An action-learning model to assist Circuit Teams to support School Management Teams towards whole-school development
(Education Assoc South Africa (EASA), 2016)
The Education District and Circuit Offices in South Africa are mandated by the Department of Basic Education to support schools under their jurisdiction. Reasons for the lack of such support to schools have been highlighted ...
Collaborated understandings of context-specific psychosocial challenges facing South African school learners: a participatory approach
(Faculty of Education, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa, 2016)
South African teachers are not sufficiently equipped to address psychosocial challenges that they encounter in under-resourced contexts among learners at school, and which impact negatively on learning and teaching. In ...
Using action research to solve everyday problems in classrooms – a position paper
(CSSALL (UKZN), 2012)
Recent national and international reports have shown that South African education is not up to standard. Some of the problem areas are the low levels of literacy and numeracy among South African learners as listed in the ...
Improving the work climate in a TVET college through changing conversations
(Taylor & Francis, 2018)
As an HRD manager in a college, I am responsible for employee wellness
within the organisation. However the culture of the college in which I
work is toxic, characterised by bullying, destructive leadership, gossip ...