Ontwikkelingstrategiee vir die bemagtiging van jeugleiers: 'n indersoek na enkele Suid-Kaapse skole

[摘要] Leadership development is a life-long process, but support for this process should bestarted at an early stage. All learners have the gift for leadership, but most do not realisethis gift. Adolescence is a time when the leadership potential of individuals must beawakened – it provides an opportunity to help adolescents to became the leaders theyalready are.The main aim of this study was to devise strategies – through structured survey studies –that could be used by schools and individuals to enhance youth leadership development.The aims that emerged were to determine and describe the current state of affairsregarding youth leadership development in certain schools. Obstacles in the way ofeffective leadership development were identified and strategies for effective leadershipdevelopment were formulated.A combination of qualitative and quantitative research methods, undertaken from astructured survey study perspective within an interpretivistic research paradigm, was used.The problem that was researched was the absence of purposeful youth leadershipdevelopment and how this shortcoming could be addressed in the context of a high schoolenvironment, with the support of the necessary development strategies.This study attempted to identify new knowledge that can be used to address thechallenges related to youth leadership. The research confirmed the research question thatdeficient purposeful leadership development strategies exist at school level. This formedthe basis for the implementation of a dynamic and flexible leadership development modelthat includes aspects of both the Quality Leadership and Stage model of youth leadershipdevelopment. The proposed youth leadership strategies can be applied effectively toaddress youth leadership development within the current South African context.

[发布机构] Stellenbosch University