Uitdagings aan onderwysleiers in gekombineerde skole in die Suid-Kaapse platteland

[摘要] ENGLISH ABSTRACT:Unique demands are made on management of combined schools in the Southern Capebecause it must accommodate seven to eighteen year old learners, each with their specificneeds. This includes the adolescent who has to adapt to several changes in his/her ownbody as well as in the environment.Elementary and middle schools in Japan and the USA have restructured to be moreeffective by accommodating the specific needs of the learners, as well as the demandswhich the society in the twenty-first century will make on learners. The success of theseschools encouraged high schools to adopt a more personal nature in the relationshipbetween adults and learners and to prepare learners for jobs which would be very differentfrom those of a few years ago.There are quite a few aspects in favour of combined schools, for example, fewer learners,a long relationship with the school and a close relationship between school andcommunity. These aspects should be used to their fullest to ensure that these schoolsremain the good schools they were in the past.Criteria for being effective schools are changing drastically and combined schools cannotjust rely on their previous success for growth. A generation of learners with a uniquenature and of whom unique demands will be made in the future are entering these schools.Schools will have to provide more than mere subject knowledge. Learners must receiveeducation in character, ethics, self-discipline and stress management.Schools will have to be managed from a new paradigm to accomplish these aspects.Change can only happen when people change and that would create a new culture. Whenschools are managed from a principle-centered paradigm, people are empowered toexperience private and public victories. It is then possible to align the managerial andorganizational levels with the values embedded in the school mission.

[发布机构] Stellenbosch University