Leadership practices that promote effective teaching and learning in the King Cetshwayo district

• Main Authors: Mpungose, Zanele Carol, Mabusela, M.S., Kapueja, I.S.
• Format: Others
• Language: en
• Published: University of Zululand 2019
• Subjects: teaching and learning; leadership practices
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10530/1793

Dissertation submitted to the faculty of education in partial fulfilments of the requirements for the Decree of Masters of Education in the Department of Curriculum and Instructional studies at the University of Zululand, 2018. === The purpose of this study was to investigate the leadership practices that promote effective teaching and learning in primary schools in the King Cetshwayo District. The King Cetshwayo District was chosen, because it has both rural and urban schools, though rural schools are dominant. Both rural and urban schools in this district face the same disadvantages. This study was qualitative in nature and adopted structured interviews to investigate leadership practices that promote effective teaching and learning in the targeted area. The findings revealed that the principals as school leaders perceived leadership practices differently; this leads to huge differences in their leadership. The findings also confirmed that the school principals shared the same activities and practise differently, but for the same purpose of promoting effective teaching and learning in schools they lead. This study further revealed that school leaders need to work together and discuss the ways to overcome the challenges they face, in order to progress and prosper in their leadership practices. The following recommendations were made based on the findings from the interviews. The idea was to determine which leadership practices promote effective teaching and learning in the King Cetshwayo District. It is recommended that the school leaders should plan the workshops where they will gain knowledge regarding the effective practising of their roles effectively to promote teaching and learning in the schools they lead, the school leaders should attend academic meetings set to help them and understand curriculum matters.