- Title
- Challenges facing teachers in implementing alternative measures of discipline in schools: a case study of five secondary schools in the Umzimkhulu circuit of the Sisonke District in Kwazulu-Natal
- Creator
- Zulu, Xolani Wycliff
- Description
- This dissertation is a report on a study that was conducted in rural schools of the Sisonke District in KwaZulu-Natal, a province of South Africa. The study covered the challenges experienced by teachers in implementing the alternative measures of discipline. The study was conducted because the researcher was the head of the disciplinary committee in the school where he was employed and he often dealt with disciplinary problems which usually occurred between the teachers, learners and SMTs. It was important to know from other schools, what problems they faced in implementing the alternative measures of discipline. The study used a qualitative research design in the form of a case study. Purposive sampling was used. The sample comprised 15 SMT members, and 20 post level 1 teachers, and the total number of participants was 35. Data was collected through observations which were followed by interviews. Qualitative methods were used to analyse data. This involved reduction and interpretation of data collected. The findings of the study highlighted the role that could be played by SMTs, teachers, parents, and the Department of Education in the smooth running of the school in dealing with the misunderstandings of alternative measures of discipline and so advance an effective work ethos. The study also illuminated the issue of negligence on the part of SMTs in enforcing the implementation of the alternative measures of discipline. There was a great need for school teachers to be well versed in the general legislation of the Department of Education so as to align themselves with the correct rules and regulations when they deal with disciplinary problems.
- Description
- Thesis (MEd) -- Faculty of Humanities, Educational Management and Policy, 2014
- Date
- 2014
- Subject
- School discipline
- Subject
- Secondary schools
- Subject
- Sisonke District -- Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
- Type
- Master's theses, text
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/11260/2393
- Identifier
- vital:41455
- Format
- computer, online resource, application/pdf, 1 online resource (129 pages), pdf
- Publisher
- Walter Sisulu University
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Walter Sisulu University, All Rights Reserved, Open Access
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