Leadership and School Success: Barriers to Leadership in Botswana Primary and Secondary Schools

Autor/inn/en	Moswela, Bernard; Kgosidialwa, Keonyatse
Titel	Leadership and School Success: Barriers to Leadership in Botswana Primary and Secondary Schools
Quelle	In: Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 47 (2019) 3, S.443-456 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1741-1432
DOI	10.1177/1741143217739355
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Elementary Schools; Secondary Schools; Leadership; School Effectiveness; Barriers; School Administration; Administrators; Elementary School Teachers; Secondary School Teachers; Botswana + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Elementary school; Grundschule; Volksschule; Sekundarschule; Führung; Führungsposition; Schuleffizienz; Teacher; Teachers; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende
Abstract	This paper explored two issues as follows: the influence school leaders have on school performances and factors that hinder school leaders' efforts to achieve school success in Botswana secondary and primary schools. The subjects of the study were 199 teachers and 21 members of the senior management team in primary and secondary schools in Botswana. The participants were to analyse, through semi-structured interviews and a closed-ended questionnaire, the leadership patterns of their leaders and the barriers to effective leadership in schools. The findings revealed that, generally, leaders in Botswana schools practise democratic leadership although not without barriers. Chief among the barriers are the imposition of policies through numerous directives from the Ministry of Education and drug abuse by students supplied by some adults in society. The study ends with a conclusion that draws from the discussion of the findings and relevant studies to the subject being discussed. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: http://sagepub.com
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01