The Politics and Governance of Basic Education A Tale of Two South African Provinces 1st Edition by Brian Levy, Robert Cameron, Ursula Hoadley, Vinothan Naidoo ISBN 9780192557360 019255736X

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ISBN 10: 019255736X
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Author: Brian Levy, Robert Cameron, Ursula Hoadley, Vinothan Naidoo 

The Politics and Governance of Basic Education A Tale of Two South African Provinces 1st Edition Table of contents:

Part I: Framing the Issues

1. Improving Basic Education—The Governance Challenge

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Horizontal versus Hierarchical Governance

1.3 South Africa as a Case Study

1.4 Analytical Framework

1.5 A Preview of the Research Findings

2. The Transformation of South Africa’s System of Basic Education

2.1 Introduction

2.2 South Africa’s Education Sector—A Legacy of Dualism

2.3 Transforming Education Sector Governance

2.4 Transforming Education Financing

2.5 Curricular Trends and Learning Outcomes Implications

2.6 Tentative Conclusions

3. Education Policymaking at National Level: The Politics of Multiple Principals

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Setting the Stage

3.3 Performance Management in Basic Education—from Vision to Practice

3.4 The Continuing Challenge of Incentivising Performance: the Case of the ‘Occupation Specific Dispensation’

3.5 Conclusion

Appendix A3.1: The Integrated Quality Management System

Lesson Observation Performance Standards

Outside the Classroom Performance Standards

Application of Instrument

Part II: Provincial Governance and Politics of Education

4. Provincial Governance of Education—The Western Cape Experience

4.1 Introduction

4.2 The ‘Long Route of Accountability’ in the Western Cape

4.3 The Western Cape’s Education Bureaucracy: From ‘Good Enough’ Weberianism to Performance Management

4.4 Performance of Basic Education in the Western Cape in Comparative Perspective

4.5 Pragmatic Managerialism—the DA-Governed WCED

4.6 Is More Performance Management the Answer?

Appendix A4.1: How the House of Representatives Governed Education

Patronage in the House of Representatives

Organisation Culture in Coloured Schools

Appendix A4.2: Management Performance Assessment Tests

5. Provincial Governance of Education—The Eastern Cape Experience

5.1 Introduction

5.2 The Eastern Cape’s Political Context

5.3 Revolving Doors: Unstable Leadership in the ECDoE

5.4 Instability of Teacher Supply and Demand in the Eastern Cape

5.5 Contestation at a School Level: Widening Fragmentation

5.6 Conclusion

6. Explaining the Western Cape Performance Paradox: An Econometric Analysis

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Benchmarking the Western Cape Outcomes

6.3 Multivariate Estimation

6.4 Unbundling by Socio-Economic Status

6.5 Discussion

7. Context and Capability: A Tale of Two Bureaucracies

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Two Divergent Bureaucracies

7.3 Accounting for the Divergent Bureaucratic Patterns

7.4 From Context to Action

Part III: Horizontal Governance

8. Case Studies of School-Level Governance Dynamics in the Western Cape

8.1 Introduction

8.2 Research Context and Methodology

8.3 Schools 1 and 2—Brittle Strengths

8.4 School A—Persistent Low-Level Equilibrium

8.5 Unexpected Resilience—The Case of School B

8.6 Patterns and Implications

9. Case Studies of School-Level Governance Dynamics in the Eastern Cape

9.1 Introduction

9.2 A Sustained High-Performer—School A1

9.3 Mired in a Toxic Governance Culture—School A2

9.4 Two Downward Spirals—Schools B1 and B2

9.5 Turnarounds via Participatory Governance

9.6 School-Level Governance Institutions—A Comparative Assessment

9.7 Clouds with Silver Linings

Appendix A9.1: Interviewees

Appendix A9.2: Stakeholder Mapping

Immediate school stakeholders

The hierarchy

Role of school principal

Role of the SGB

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10.1 Introduction

10.2 Hierarchical and Horizontal Governance Revisited

10.3 Governance at the School Level

10.4 Orchestrating Change

Appendix A10.1: Accounting for Kenya’s Educational Performance

Index

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