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Item Open Access The coping strategies of teachers after the abolishment of corporal punishment at schools(2015-02-12) Rambane, Tshendela Stephen; Denhere, C.; Mutshaeni, H. N.The purpose of this study is to investigate the coping strategies of teachers after the banning of corporal punishment in schools. Attempts were made to answer the following questions: Has the government done teachers justice by abolishing corporal punishment? Are teachers contented with the abolition of corporal punishment? Are the teaching conditions bettered or worsened by the abolishment of corporal punishment? Are there any alternatives to the use of corporal punishment in maintaining order and discipline in the schools? This report presents a conceptual research on the history of corporal punishment, the view that people had through the ages about corporal punishment, when and why corporal punishment was banned in schools, and the effect that the abrupt banning of corporal punishment had on teachers and the teaching fraternity. A questionnaire was used to collect data. The research was conducted in Vhembe District of the Limpopo Province. Participants included Principals, Deputy Principals, HODs and CS1 Educators, of both sexes, from both Primary and Secondary Schools. Both private and government schools were sampled for the study. The finding is that the government has done the system justice by banning corporal punishment. However, there are teachers who are not comfortable and are feeling threatened and are, therefore, alienated. In this study, coping strategies which teachers may apply to ensure that discipline is still maintained at schools for effective teaching to prevail were, therefore, suggested.Item Open Access Parental involvement in dealing with learners' behavioural problems(2010-06-09) Rankhododo, Ndishavhelafhi Elizabeth; Mutshaeni, H. N.; Denhere, C.Debate has been raging as to what could be the cause of learners' poor performance. Apart from ineffective teaching leading to poor quality education, lack of adequate and suitable reading materials, some argue that lack of parental involvement in education could be the primary cause. The primary aim of the study was to investigate parental involvement when dealing with learners' problematic behaviours in Nzhelele East circuit. The basic research question was formulated as follows: How can parents be actively involved in the problematic behavioors of their children? In this study, the multimethod strategy involving both the quantitative and qualitative approaches was employed so as to triangulate data. Data were gathered by means of questionnaires, and structured interviews were conducted with SGB members and principals. Amongst others, the most important findings were that parents are not fully involved as far as learner's behaviour is concerned. Also when parents are called to schools, they do not turn up. As a result, schools are spending more time trying to solve behavioural problems of learners instead of teaching. The following are the recommendations: • Establishing trust among the school, parents and learners. • Assisting the school with means of curbing behavioural problems. • Establishing other effective means of communication when inviting and addressing parents. • Revisiting learners' code of conduct • Affecting facets that needs serious attention, inter alia, • Visible facets like: lnactiveness of educators( and learners) that might cause learners to develop behavioural problems. • Hidden facets: Educators (and learners) attitude and disposition towards already developed behavioural problems which can hamper the effectiveness in teaching and learning. • Finding ways to motivate parents to be fully involved