A Qualitative Analysis of Facilities Maintenance--A School Governance Function in South Africa

Autor/in	Xaba, M. I.
Titel	A Qualitative Analysis of Facilities Maintenance--A School Governance Function in South Africa
Quelle	In: South African Journal of Education, 32 (2012) 2, S.215-226 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0256-0100
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Qualitative Research; Facilities Management; School Buildings; Governance; Semi Structured Interviews; Principals; Assistant Principals; Administrator Attitudes; Coordinators; Educational Facilities Planning; School Maintenance; Elementary Schools; Secondary Schools; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Qualitative Forschung; Facility Management; School building; Schulgebäude; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; Principal; Schulleiter; Principals; Stellvertretende Schulleitung; Koordinator; Elementary school; Grundschule; Volksschule; Sekundarschule; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	I analysed school facilities maintenance, a school governance function in South Africa. Qualitative interviews were conducted with 13 principals and three deputy principals as coordinators of this function at their schools. The interviews were purposively and conveniently selected to gather data regarding school facilities maintenance and gain insight into the challenges this function presents to schools and their governing bodies. Findings indicate that schools generally do not have organisational structures for planned facilities maintenance, nor do they have policies on facilities maintenance. Evidence of facilities maintenance at schools mainly relates to concerns with facilities repairs, (mostly "as the need arises") and general campus cleanliness; mostly with emergency and corrective forms of maintenance as opposed to crucial preventive maintenance. Therefore, there is a need for interim facilities maintenance committees and, in the long term, a whole-school approach to facilities maintenance that makes facilities maintenance a strategic lever for school functionality. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Education Association of South Africa. University of Pretoria, Centre for the Study of Resilience, Level 3, Groenkloof Student Centre, Department of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Education, George Storrar Road and Lleyds Street, Pretoria 0001, South Africa. Tel: +27-12-420-5798; Fax: +27-12-420-5511; Web site: http://www.sajournalofeducation.co.za/index.php/saje/index
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01