Emil Weder High School in Genadendal : a case study in the concept of effective schooling

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dc.contributor.advisorAshley, Michaelen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorDe Waal, Jan Hendrik Hofmeyren_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-04T16:36:35Z
dc.date.available2016-03-04T16:36:35Z
dc.date.issued1995en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: p. 155-160.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe Emil Weder High School is in the small rural town of Genadendal, which is situated about 150 kilometres south-east of Cape Town, near Caledon. While doing field work for the Education Foundation early in 1994, one of the schools I Weder High School. It was the last of visited was Emil six House of Representatives schools that I visited, and I immediately noticed a difference at Emil Weder, compared to the other schools. The school buildings and surrounding fields and gardens were very neat and well maintained, the students were neatly dressed and very politeĀ· and the staff were far friendlier than we had previously encountered. My initial impressions of a well-run school were confirmed, when I found out that the school is achieving outstanding academic and extra-mural results. I naturally assumed that this was the norm at the school and was very surprised to find out that it was, in fact, a fairly new phenomenon and that as recently as 1990 the school had experienced student unrest, boycotts, vandalism, gang activities and very poor academic results (in 1990 only 48% of their matriculants passed). Yet, in 1991 the pass rate was 88%, in 1992 it was 100% and last year they had a 98,8% pass rate (one failure). The topic to be researched Based on the above information I developed the hypothesis that certain school-level policy changes had occurred at Emil Weder from 1990 onwards which had led to the establishment of a culture of learning at Emil Weder High School. The purpose of my study was to find out whether policies had in fact changed at the school, and to what extent these new policies could explain the dramatic improvement in Matriculation results at the school. The study was conducted in two distinct phases, one in March 1994 and the other in September 1994. The initial study formed part of the Education Foundation and served to give an overview of how the school operated at the time. The follow-up study took much longer as it involved conducting in-depth interviews with teachers, ex-students and parents. The study revealed that by adopting a multi-level approach to improving the school, with the achievement of better Matriculation results being the major area of focus, the school not only improved these results, but that the school also started achieving better outputs in other areas as well.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationDe Waal, J. H. H. (1995). <i>Emil Weder High School in Genadendal : a case study in the concept of effective schooling</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Educational Research. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17452en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationDe Waal, Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr. <i>"Emil Weder High School in Genadendal : a case study in the concept of effective schooling."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Educational Research, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17452en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationDe Waal, J. 1995. Emil Weder High School in Genadendal : a case study in the concept of effective schooling. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - De Waal, Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr AB - The Emil Weder High School is in the small rural town of Genadendal, which is situated about 150 kilometres south-east of Cape Town, near Caledon. While doing field work for the Education Foundation early in 1994, one of the schools I Weder High School. It was the last of visited was Emil six House of Representatives schools that I visited, and I immediately noticed a difference at Emil Weder, compared to the other schools. The school buildings and surrounding fields and gardens were very neat and well maintained, the students were neatly dressed and very politeĀ· and the staff were far friendlier than we had previously encountered. My initial impressions of a well-run school were confirmed, when I found out that the school is achieving outstanding academic and extra-mural results. I naturally assumed that this was the norm at the school and was very surprised to find out that it was, in fact, a fairly new phenomenon and that as recently as 1990 the school had experienced student unrest, boycotts, vandalism, gang activities and very poor academic results (in 1990 only 48% of their matriculants passed). Yet, in 1991 the pass rate was 88%, in 1992 it was 100% and last year they had a 98,8% pass rate (one failure). The topic to be researched Based on the above information I developed the hypothesis that certain school-level policy changes had occurred at Emil Weder from 1990 onwards which had led to the establishment of a culture of learning at Emil Weder High School. The purpose of my study was to find out whether policies had in fact changed at the school, and to what extent these new policies could explain the dramatic improvement in Matriculation results at the school. The study was conducted in two distinct phases, one in March 1994 and the other in September 1994. The initial study formed part of the Education Foundation and served to give an overview of how the school operated at the time. The follow-up study took much longer as it involved conducting in-depth interviews with teachers, ex-students and parents. The study revealed that by adopting a multi-level approach to improving the school, with the achievement of better Matriculation results being the major area of focus, the school not only improved these results, but that the school also started achieving better outputs in other areas as well. DA - 1995 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1995 T1 - Emil Weder High School in Genadendal : a case study in the concept of effective schooling TI - Emil Weder High School in Genadendal : a case study in the concept of effective schooling UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17452 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/17452
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationDe Waal JHH. Emil Weder High School in Genadendal : a case study in the concept of effective schooling. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Educational Research, 1995 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17452en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentCentre for Educational Researchen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherPolicy, Planning and Administrationen_ZA
dc.subject.otherEducation, Secondary - South Africaen_ZA
dc.subject.otherSchool management and organizationen_ZA
dc.subject.otherHigh schools - South Africaen_ZA
dc.titleEmil Weder High School in Genadendal : a case study in the concept of effective schoolingen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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