Die bestuur van die skool as 'n leergemeenskap

M.Ed. (Education Management)Traditionally it has been accepted that if schools need to be improved, it has to be done within the metaphor of schools being organizations. The general belief was that within this framework schools can realize the full potential of the youth. History and reality has revealed to educational leaders and reseachers that schools have not really served the real purpose they were created for. This revelation entails that schools don't only fail to ensure optimal learning opportunities and facilities to all participants; they also fail to ensure a safe and natural environment. The support for this argument can be derived from the fact that during the last two to three decades education, and therefore educational management, has gone through numerous phases of change, restructuring and renewal. The fact of the matter is that mankind is not satisfied with the contribution that education and educational management has made to ensure the prosperous survival of humanity in an always changing world. This has become a tremendous headache for educational leaders. As if this is not enough, the number of interested parties in the provision and management of education is always increasing. The vociferous demands of these people with regard to educational matters is obviously something that educational managers must always bear in mind. The problems of educational leaders and managers are definitely not made easier by the fact that sUbordinates, especially teachers, are increasingly showing dissatisfaction with the manner in which teaching is being managed and supervised. Teachers are mostly heavily aggrieved by the fact that their true status as professionals and their sense of responsibilty as professional educators are undermined by current and prevailing bureaucratical supervisional practices and processes