Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- About the Editor -- List of contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- CHAPTER 1 - Orientation -- 1.1 INTRODUCTION -- 1.2 BACKGROUND TO SCHOOLING PROBLEMS IN SOUTH AFRICA -- 1.3 CHALLENGES FACING THE SCHOOL SYSTEM IN SOUTH AFRICA -- 1.3.1 RESOURCE ISSUES -- 1.3.2 STAFF RELATED ISSUES -- 1.3.3 LEARNER ISSUES -- 1.4 OVERVIEW OF CHAPTERS -- 1.4.1 LEARNER RELATED ISSUES, POVERTY AND SCHOOLING -- 1.4.2 EDUCATOR RELATED ISSUES -- 1.4.3 POLICY IMPLEMENTATION -- 1.4.4 PRINCIPALSHIP -- 1.5 SUMMARY -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 2 - Rural Schools in South Africa: issues and challenges -- NOTE -- 2.1 BACKGROUND -- 2.2 SOUTH AFRICAN RURAL SCHOOLS AND THEIR SOCIO-ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT -- 2.3 GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION OF RURAL VILLAGES AND THEIR EXPECTATIONS ON SCHOOLS THAT SERVE THEM -- 2.4 ENVIRONMENT AND LEARNING -- 2.5 PRE-SCHOOLING WITHIN THE CONTEXT AND CONTENT OF AN EARLY LEARNING RESOURCE UNIT (ELRU) -- 2.6 THE IMMEDIATE SURROUNDINGS OF RURAL SCHOOLS: THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SCHOOL FENCE -- 2.6.1 INSIDE SCHOOL PREMISES -- 2.7 THE REALITIES OF RURAL SCHOOLS IN SOUTH AFRICA -- 2.8 CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 3 - Farm Schools in South Africa: issues and challenges -- 3.1 INTRODUCTION -- 3.2 BACKGROUND ON FARM SCHOOLS -- 3.3 TYPICAL FARM SCHOOLS -- 3.4 MEGA FARM SCHOOL -- 3.5 CHALLENGES FACING MEGA FARM SCHOOLS -- 3.6 CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 4 - Schooling and poverty in South Africa -- INTRODUCTION -- 4.1 CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK -- 4.2 SOME OF IT STARTS HERE -- 4.3 POOR COMMUNITIES AND THEIR 'NO-FEE' SCHOOLS -- 4.4 ACCEPTED PRACTICES REGARDING POVERTY AND SCHOOLING IN SOUTH AFRICA -- 4.5 ACCEPTANCE AND ADAPTATION TO A LIFE OF POVERTY -- 4.6 DYADIC CORRELATES: POVERTY AND ILLITERACY -- 4.7 CHILDREN OF THE POOR AND THEIR CAREER ASPIRATIONS.

4.8 INCORPORATING SKILLS ACQUISITION/LEARNING FROM THE RURAL ENVIRONMENT: CURRICULUM CONSIDERATIONS FOR RURAL SCHOOLS -- 4.9 CONCERNS ABOUT THE CHILDREN OF THE POOR AND THEIR SCHOOLING -- 4.10 MAXIMS ON POVERTY'S IMPACT ON THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN OF THE POOR -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 5 - Learner rights and challenges in public schools -- 5.1 BACKGROUND -- 5.2 POLICIES PROTECTING LEARNERS FROM SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN SCHOOLS -- 5.3 THE AFRICAN CHARTER ON HUMAN AND PEOPLE'S RIGHTS -- 5.4 THE RIGHT OF LEARNERS TO HAVE RIGHTS IN SCHOOLS -- 5.5 SOUTH AFRICAN DOCUMENTS DEALING WITH LEARNER RIGHTS -- 5.6 TYPES OF LEARNER RIGHTS IN SOUTH AFRICAN SCHOOLS -- 5.7 METHOD -- 5.8 DISCUSSION AND IMPLICATIONS OF THE FINDINGS -- 5.9 CONCLUSION -- 5.10 RECOMMENDATIONS -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 6 - School violence in South Africa -- 6.1 INTRODUCTION: GENERAL PERSPECTIVES ON SCHOOL VIOLENCE -- 6.2 PROBLEM STATEMENT AND CONCEPTUAL ISSUES -- 6.2.1 PROBLEM STATEMENT -- 6.2.2 CONCEPTUAL ISSUES -- 6.3 GENERAL AIM AND OBJECTIVES -- 6.4 KEY QUESTIONS AND METHODOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS -- 6.5 REVIEW OF THE UN CHILDREN'S RIGHTS CONTEXT AND SCHOOL VIOLENCE -- 6.6 REVIEW OF THE AFRICAN CONTEXT OF LEARNERS' RIGHTS AND SCHOOL VIOLENCE -- 6.7 REVIEW OF SOUTH AFRICAN LEARNERS' RIGHTS CONTEXT AND SCHOOL VIOLENCE -- 6.8 CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS -- 6.8.1 TYPES OF SCHOOL VIOLENCE -- 6.8.2 CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF SCHOOL VIOLENCE -- 6.9 GLOBAL PREVENTIVE STRATEGIES -- 6.10 PREVENTIVE STRATEGIES IN SOUTH AFRICA -- 6.11 CONCLUDING REMARKS -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 7 - Educator motivation and morale in South Africa -- 7.1 INTRODUCTION -- 7.2 ISSUES, CHALLENGES AND CONCERNS -- 7.3 RATIONALE FOR THE STUDY -- 7.4 PRELIMINARY LITERATURE STUDY -- 7.4.1 MOTIVATION THEORY -- 7.4.2 INSTINCT THEORY -- 7.4.3 NEED THEORY -- 7.4.4 DRIVE THEORY -- 7.4.5 COGNITIVE THEORY OF MOTIVATION.

7.5 LEVEL AND DETERMINANTS OF EDUCATOR MOTIVATION AND MORALE -- 7.6 IMPACT OF EDUCATOR MOTIVATION AND MORALE -- 7.7 EMPIRICAL STUDY ON EDUCATOR MOTIVATION AND MORALE IN SOUTH AFRICA -- 7.8 DISCUSSION -- 7.9 CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 8 - All educators for all schools: a case study of teaching practice by student-educators at Mafikeng Campus of North-West University -- 8.1 INTRODUCTION -- 8.2 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY -- 8.3 THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK -- 8.4 SELECTION OF PARTICIPANTS -- 8.5 RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY -- 8.6 DATA COLLECTION METHODS -- 8.7 FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION -- 8.8 CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 9 - Challenges in the implementation of inclusive education -- 9.1 INTRODUCTION -- 9.2 BACKGROUND -- 9.2.1 CONCEPTIONS OF DISABILITY (AND BARRIERS TO LEARNING) -- 9.3 GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE -- 9.3.1 INCLUSIVE EDUCATION AS PERCEIVED AND PRACTISED IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES: DEVELOPED VERSUS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES -- 9.4 THE SOUTH AFRICAN CONTEXT -- 9.5 PROBLEM STATEMENT -- 9.6 THE STUDY -- 9.6.1 CONTEXT AND PARTICIPANTS -- 9.6.2 DATA COLLECTION -- 9.6.3 DATA ANALYSIS -- 9.7 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- 9.7.1 LACK OF TRAINING -- 9.7.2 WORKLOAD -- 9.7.3 LARGE CLASSES AND OVERCROWDING -- 9.7.4 LACK OF TIME -- 9.7.5 LACK OF RESOURCES -- 9.7.6 RESISTANCE TO CHANGE AND NEGATIVE ATTITUDES -- 9.7.7 ISSUES OF POVERTY -- 9.8 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 10 - Communities' contribution to school success or failure -- 10.1 INTRODUCTION -- 10.2 WHAT IS A COMMUNITY? -- 10.3 CONCEPTUALISING COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT -- 10.4 COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP IN SCHOOL SUCCESS -- 10.5 CONCENTRATED VERSUS DIFFUSED STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT -- 10.6 EXPLAINING IMPLEMENTATION OF SUCCESS AND FAILURE -- 10.7 CHALLENGES FACING COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN SCHOOL MATTERS.

10.8 BEST PRACTICES REGARDING MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN SCHOOL SUCCESS -- 10.9 LESSONS LEARNED ABOUT COMMUNITY IN SCHOOL SUCCESS OR FAILURE -- 10.10 RECOMMENDATIONS TO POLICYMAKERS AND IMPLEMENTERS -- 10.11 CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 11 - Management development needs for school principals -- 11.1 BACKGROUND -- 11.2 INTRODUCTION -- 11.3 LITERATURE STUDY -- 11.4 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF SCHOOL PRINCIPALS -- 11.5 PROGRAMMES FOR THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF PRINCIPALS -- 11.6 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF SCHOOL PRINCIPALS IN SOUTH AFRICA -- 11.7 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY -- 11.8 FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION -- 11.9 RECOMMENDATIONS -- 11.10 CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 12 - Summary of recommendations -- 12.1 INTRODUCTION -- 12.2 RECOMMENDATIONS -- 12.2.1 EXPAND EQUITABLE ACCESS AND FIGHT POVERTY -- 12.2.2 RURALISE THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM -- 12.2.3 IMPROVE THE QUALITY AND DELIVERY OF LEARNING MATERIALS AND TEXTBOOKS -- 12.2.4 IMPROVE THE COMMITMENT AND MORALE OF EDUCATORS -- 12.2.5 ADDRESS FARM SCHOOL ISSUES -- 12.2.6 PROTECT LEARNERS' RIGHTS -- 12.2.7 STRATEGISE TO ADDRESS SCHOOL VIOLENCE -- 12.2.8 DECIDE ON INCLUSIVE EDUCATION ISSUES -- 12.2.9 IMPROVE SCHOOL-COMMUNITY RELATIONS -- 12.2.10 IMPROVE MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT OF SCHOOL PRINCIPALS -- 12.3 CONCLUSION -- Back cover.