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Exploring working conditions in selected rural schools: teachers’ experiences

South African journal of education, 2022-02, Vol.42 (1), p.1-9 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

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  • Title:
    Exploring working conditions in selected rural schools: teachers’ experiences
  • Author: Nkambule, Thabisile
  • Subjects: Disadvantaged Schools ; Early Childhood Teachers ; Education & Educational Research ; Education, Scientific Disciplines ; Educational Facilities ; Elementary School Teachers ; Foreign Countries ; Rural Schools ; Teacher Attitudes ; Teaching Experience ; Work Environment
  • Is Part Of: South African journal of education, 2022-02, Vol.42 (1), p.1-9
  • Description: Even though quality education is important for the empowerment of individuals and development of society, some rural schools in South Africa continue to function amid tough conditions. Because little research on the topic exists, with this article I explore and identify teachers’ experiences of the working conditions in rural schools in South Africa. A qualitative, descriptive and interpretive case study was used, and 5 schools were purposively selected as cases for the study, 2 primary and 3 secondary schools. Interviews and observations with 11 teachers provided insight into the difficult working conditions that teachers in some rural school need to contend with. Teachers in rural schools continue to experience difficult working conditions and due to their loyalty to their schools, they do not relocate to other schools. Dilapidated infrastructure, a lack of chalk boards, insufficient textbooks, among others, hamper teacher’s working conditions and constrain their teaching. The participants in the study indicated that principals played a fundamental role in supporting and inspiring teachers who work under challenging conditions.
  • Publisher: Education Association of South Africa
  • Language: English;Portuguese
  • Identifier: ISSN: 0256-0100
    ISSN: 2076-3433
    EISSN: 2076-3433
    DOI: 10.15700/saje.v42n1a2013
  • Source: SciELO
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