Traditional Leadership and Education: Emerging Issues in South African Rural Schools - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1041332033 ISBN 13 : 9781041332039

Editeur : Routledge, 2026

Synopsis

This title examines the multifaceted role of traditional leadership in South African education, addressing governance, development, safety, and community partnerships in rural schools. The research analyzes land administration, school-community boundaries, learner discipline, and the intersection of traditional authority with formal education systems and also includes:

• Analysis of land administration and its intersection with educational development in traditional communities
• Critical evaluation of legal and policy frameworks governing traditional leadership involvement in schools
• Assessment of traditional leaders' contributions to school safety, security, and learner discipline
• Examination of school-community partnerships and boundary navigation in rural educational contexts

This title has been co-published with UKZN Press. T&F does not sell or distribute the print versions in Sub-Saharan Africa.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Thamsanqa Thulani Bhengu serves as Associate Professor in Educational Leadership, Management and Policy in the School of Education, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. His research focuses on educational leadership, leadership development, rural education and servant leadership. He has successfully supervised sixteen Honours students' independent research projects, 63 Master's students and 28 PhD students. Bhengu has published 29 journal articles in DHET-accredited journals and eight book chapters.

Nhlanhla Mbuso Mngomezulu is interested in studying the participation of indigenous leadership in democratic government departments. He is a former circuit manager in the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education, iLembe District, South Africa, in which he served for 41 years in various positions, including as a teacher, lecturer in two colleges of education, secondary school principal, circuit manager and deputy education specialist in the examinations component.

Themba Ralph Mkhize is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Educational Foundations at the University of South Africa (Unisa). He holds a Master's degree in Higher, Adult and Continuing Education from Michigan State University, United States. He obtained his doctorate in Educational Leadership, Management and Policy from the School of Education, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1041332033
• ISBN 13: 9781041332039
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 162
• Éditeur: Bhengu Thamsanqa Thulani, Mngomezulu Nhlanhla Mbuso, Mkhize Themba Ralph
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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