Abstract:
Ineffective management of teaching and learning material can negatively affect the quality of teaching
and learning. This implies that policies and processes with regards budget allocation, procurement and
distribution procedures, and accessibility of teaching and learning material are key to quality education. The
Gauteng Department of Education has mandated, in each school, the Teaching and Learning Material governing
boards and committees to manage this material. However, most of these governing bodies and committees lack
have limited knowledge and skills to manage these materials effectively. This has negatively impacted on the
management of teaching and learning material and, therefore, the envisaged educational outcomes. This paper
conceptualises a research meant to interrogate management of teaching and learning materials. Generally,
it employs a summative thematic content analysis of literature on the (i.) research physical context or setting,
(ii.) research problem, and (iii.) the past and current studies of the research problem to identify the knowledge
gap on this research. Further, the interrogation of the research problem makes use of the problem tree, trend
analysis, and the theory of constraint so that we have a structured understanding of this problem. This approach
provides us with comprehensive and critical content that allows us to state the appropriate research problem
and the accompanying research purpose and research questions on how no-fee schools should manage their
material. We then use this information to propose (i.) the research strategy, design, procedure, and methods
as well as (ii.) the frameworks that we can use to interpret our anticipated empirical research results.
Description:
Journal articles published in the 6th International Conference on Public Administration and Development Alternatives (IPADA), 06-08 October 2021, Virtual Conference.