Tirisano' : die verkenning van uitdagings en meganismes tot vennootskap met drie landelike skole in die Wes-Kaap

[摘要] ENGLISH ABSTRACT:The value of partnerships within the South African education system has for manyyears been emphasised by various researchers. It is only since the first democraticelection in South Africa in 1994 that the government was committed to the extensionof partnerships between schools, parents, learners and the community on both localand national level. In Article 29 of the Constitution (RSA, 1996a) parents are giventhe assurance that the state will execute their role as educational partner. The statealso gives other partners enough scope to implement their educational partnershipsaccording to their worldview and philosophy of life.The aim of this study was the exploration of challenges and mechanisms forpartnership between three rural primary schools and the Department of EducationalPsychology and Specialized Education, now referred to as the University ofStellenbosch (US), as tertiary institution. The needs expressed by the particularschools, the social consciousness role of the US within the community and thirdly theempowerment role of partnerships served as motivation for the study. Aconstructivist, interpretative paradigm was used and the research design can beclassified as empirical research with primary data generating textual data. Theliterature review explored the challenges within systems, mechanisms forpartnerships and different systems within partnerships in view of a meta-theoreticalframe of reference.The research results regarding challenges within specific systems are summarizedunder three headings, namely positive findings, negative findings and differences ofopinion. Results regarding the exploration of the partnership shows that theresearcher throughout the study consistently recognised the uniqueness of eachschool; trusting relationships were established; the schools were continuouslyinvolved in all the processes; a partnership of collaboration was emphasised; theprocesses were continuously evaluated and the schools were predominantly positiveabout the collaborative partnership with the US.The findings of this study have important implications for the further exploration ofpartnerships between schools and persons and/or institutions on both local and national level. The positive results accomplished through this partnership with thethree schools acts as motivation for further extension of partnerships.Recommendations serve as foundation for a partnership of consultation,collaboration and teamwork between schools and other systems.

[发布机构] Stellenbosch University