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The influence of educational leaders' practices on school culture affecting academic performance: a Lesotho perspective
(University of the Free State, 2013-11)
English: Poor academic performance in high schools continues to be a concern to Lesotho. It is this apprehension, which has prompted this study. On the research front, the disquiet has been with scarcity of investigations ...
Instructional leadership regarding Curriculum 2005
(University of the Free State, 2002-01)
English: This study is about instructional leadership regarding C2005. In order to
conduct the research a study had to be made of both aBE and C2005 to
determine the influence of aBE on the design and structure of C2005 ...
School clusters as sites for instructional leadership: a case of the better schools programme of Zimbabwe
(University of the Free State, 2015-07)
English: Inter-school collaborations or clustering has a long history, dating back to the 1940s in
Nepal and Great Britain and it has spread across many parts of the world. Zimbabwe is no
exception to this trend of ...
The interactions between district-and school-based instructional leadership practices for the history subject in the Zaka district of Zimbabwe
(University of the Free State, 2015-07)
This study investigated the interactions between district- and school-based instructional
leadership practices for the subject of History in the Zaka district of Zimbabwe. The
purpose of the study was to establish the ...
Instructional guidance for literacy teaching in Limpopo, South Africa: a case study of the foundation phase policy and practice
(University of the Free State, 2017-02)
Over the years, the Department of Basic Education (DBE) in South Africa tried different instruments through which to provide support and guidance to change classroom practice. At the heart of all these initiatives is the ...
Primary school subject leaders' perspectives and perceived competence on instructional leadership
(University of the Free State, 2019)
The interpretation of instructional leadership by stakeholders in the South African education sector influences the quality of teaching and learning, including in primary schools. From the literature, it can be seen that ...
Middle management and instructional leadership: a case study of natural sciences’ heads of department in the Gauteng Province
(University of the Free State, 2016-02)
English: Natural Sciences (NS) Heads of Department (HODs) in schools often find themselves in the middle, shuttling between a role in the management of the school and another as ordinary classroom teachers. This is in ...
Zimbabwean teachers' perceptions and experiences of instructional leadership
(University of the Free State, 2018-12)
While there is overwhelming evidence regarding the impact of instructional leadership on student learning and outcomes (Leithwood et al., 2014; Mendels, 2012), there is far less knowledge and little systematic research on ...