Van Bestuur na Leiding: Imperatief vir Ordelike Onderwys in ’n Veranderende Suid-Afrikaanse Onderwyslandskap

Authors

  • P. J. Mentz, Prof.
  • J. L. van der Walt, Prof.

Abstract

The changing political landscape in South Africa has impacted on education in general and on schools in particular, inter alia, bringing with it new demands in terms of educational leadership. The new and changing conditions that educators are confronted with necessitate a paradigm shift – away from educational management and towards educational leadership. Whereas management seems to entail the more or less mechanical mastery and execution of a series of procedures, leadership demands wisdom, i.e. insight into the purpose and structure of the school as a societal relationship, as well as more than superficial recognition of the interests and the roles of the people involved. True leaders also understand the servanthood nature of leadership and possess the ability to guide those entrusted to them, both teachers and learners, towards followership in Jesus Christ. In other words, they are able to lead those entrusted to their leadership to become true disciples themselves. In doing so, they succeed in changing schools into orderly and disciplined places of learning.

Published

2006-12-22

How to Cite

Mentz, P. J., & van der Walt, J. L. (2006). Van Bestuur na Leiding: Imperatief vir Ordelike Onderwys in ’n Veranderende Suid-Afrikaanse Onderwyslandskap. Tydskrif Vir Christelike Wetenskap | Journal for Christian Scholarship, 42(4), 151-170. Retrieved from https://pubs.ufs.ac.za/index.php/tcw/article/view/86

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