Teachers’ Perceptions of Parental Involvement in Children ...

Teachers' Perceptions of Parental Involvement in Children's Education in Rural Limpopo Province Schools

By: SONTAGA STEYN MATHEKGA

Dissertation submitted in accordance with the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF EDUCATION in the subject

EDUCATION MANAGEMENT In the Department of Education UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA Supervisor: Professor B.R. Grobler

January 2016

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I am indebted to the following people, who have influenced my life both directly and indirectly: My appreciation goes to my wife, Matlala Mathekga, for her support and for being the source of my courage, and to my kids, Tshegofatso, Lefa, Mokoto and Mohale, for bringing purpose tomy life ? what am I living for, if not for you? My gratitude goes to all my friends and colleagues, especially Solly Malatji, Theo Sewapa, and Enos Ramaphoko, for pushing me to the limit. I am also grateful to the two circuit managers, Mrs Moagi and Legodi, as well as principals in those circuits, for the warm welcome they gave me when I visited their schools. I must offer a special "thank-you" to the principal, staff members and School Governing Body of Miragoma Primary School, Mafa MP ?you are simply unbelievable, keep it up! A special thanks goes to my principal and friend, Mr PE Ramaphoko, for his support and understanding ? I want you to know that I know that a student is never greater than his master. To my kingdom brothers and my inspirations Mr ML Rababalela and the late Dr Myles Munroe from the Bahamas ?words cannot explain what you have done in my life. My sincere gratitude goes to Professor Bennie Grobler, for mentoring and guiding me through my study ?keep shining your light to make South Africa a better place in which to live. To my Lord and saviour, Jesus Christ ? thank-you for redeeming me from death back to life, AMEN.

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DEDICATION

I dedicate this to my late uncle, Malekotu Lazarus Mathekga,for the life lessons he taught me and for seeing something in me that others could not see. I only wish he was here now to ululate.

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DECLARATION

Student number: 3161 5589

I, Sontaga Steyn Mathekga, declare that Teachers' Perceptions of Parental Involvement in Children's Education in Rural Limpopo Province Schools is my own work and that all the sources that I have used or quoted have been indicated and acknowledged by means of complete references.

Sontaga Steyn Mathekga

13/08/2015 DATE

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RESEARCH ETHICS CLEARANCE

The questionnaire was submitted and the requested corrections were made. However, the final clearance from the ethical committee was not obtained. I have taken some trouble to go back through past emails I sent to and received from Mr Mathekga. On 2012/11/20, the first email from Mr Mathekga (via mathess@webmail.co.za) was received. The questionnaire was forwarded to Professor Botha, who sent it to Dr Claasens. On 2014/08/03, Dr Claasens sent specified corrections that needed to be made to the questionnairein an email to Prof Botha. I forwarded this email to Mr Mathekga on 2014/08/03 (viamathess@webmail.co.za). Thereafter, I sentanother17 emails to Mr Mathekga's mathess@webmail.co.za address. On 2015/06/23, Mr Mathekgalet me know (after obtaining my phone number from Prof Botha) that his email address had changed to sontagas@, which was why he had not been receiving my emails. Since that time, communication has improved. His questionnaire has subsequently met all the requirements as stipulated by the University and he has made all corrections as suggested. I feel that I have corresponded regularly with this student and that the problem arose simply due to this confusion over his change of email address. So please accept our apologies for any errors from our side. Yours faithfully Prof BR Grobler Supervisor

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