The mediation of Representative Council of Learners policy in Western Cape schools: 1997 to 2003

dc.creator	Ivan Carr
dc.creator	Clarence Williams
dc.date	2009-02-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-08-12T11:19:25Z
dc.date.available	2015-08-12T11:19:25Z
dc.identifier	0256-0100
dc.identifier	2076-3433
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/9814229156d04238b9f9c5ee75323471
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/27589
dc.description	We investigated how education policy was mediated at a representative number of Western Cape schools, from 1997 to 2003, using the structure, symbolic, human resource and political frames of Bolman and Deal (1997) as the basis of the investigation. The investigation produced diverse research findings. At the one end there were a majority of representative councils of learners that received the full support of the main role players. These councils were fully functional and were making a significant contribution to the effective governance of their schools. At the other end there were significant numbers of representative councils of learners that were not receiving the requisite support, and which were merely tolerated to ensure legal compliance. The factors responsible for preventing the development of education policy into praxis, at these schools, are divided into three categories: technical challenges, cultural challenges and political challenges. In conclusion suggestions are made as to how these varied and complex challenges can be met in the interests of furthering the democratic goals that underpin RPL policy.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Education Association of South Africa (EASA)
dc.relation	http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0256-01002009000100005
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/0256-0100
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2076-3433
dc.source	South African Journal of Education, Vol 29, Iss 1, Pp 69-82 (2009)
dc.subject	cultural challenges
dc.subject	education policy
dc.subject	learner representative councils
dc.subject	policy mediation
dc.subject	political challenges
dc.subject	school governance
dc.subject	technical challenges
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	The mediation of Representative Council of Learners policy in Western Cape schools: 1997 to 2003
dc.type	article