Caring School Leadership: A South African Study

Autor/inn/en	van der Vyver, Cornelius P.; van der Westhuizen, Philip C.; Meyer, L. W.
Titel	Caring School Leadership: A South African Study
Quelle	In: Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 42 (2014) 1, S.61-74 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1741-1432
DOI	10.1177/1741143213499257
Schlagwörter	Caring; Foreign Countries; Principals; Administrator Responsibility; Teacher Surveys; Leadership Role; Teacher Administrator Relationship; Questionnaires; Teacher Attitudes; Administrator Attitudes; Teaching Experience; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Care; Pflege; Sorge; Betreuung; Ausland; Principal; Schulleiter; Fragebogen; Lehrerverhalten; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	The research pivoted on the question whether South African school principals fulfilled their caring role towards teachers. The aims of the study were threefold. First, to determine how principals rated their care-giving, secondly to determine whether significant discrepancies existed between principals' rating of their care-giving and teachers' experiences thereof and thirdly to identify the determinants of care that contributed the most and the least towards principals' care-giving and teachers' ratings thereof. A survey was conducted among a sample of South African teachers and the findings revealed that principals rated their care-giving more positively than teachers did, specifically with regard to certain psychological aspects of care. It is recommended that a strategy should be developed in which the caring role of principals should be addressed. In such a strategy a personal development plan for principals should be included, which addresses specifically the psychological determinants of care. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10