Abstract
Ph.D. (Education)
The purpose of the study was to develop the educational strategies for the
management of a culture of aggression in a Grade 10 class constructively in a
secondary school in the Sedibeng District of the Gauteng Department of
Education.
A qualitative, exploratory, descriptive and contextual research design was
used to explore and describe a culture of aggression in a Grade 10 class in
the secondary school in the Sedibeng District of the Gauteng Department of
Education. In order to achieve the study objectives and coherence, this study
was organised into three phases. Phase one focused on the first objective
namely: to explore and describe a culture of aggression in a Grade 10 class in
the secondary school in the Sedibeng District in the Gauteng Department of
Education. Phase two focused on the development of a conceptual
framework. Phase three focused on the second objective namely: to develop
the strategies for the management of a culture of aggression in a Grade 10
class in the Sedibeng District of the Gauteng Department of Education.
In the first phase an ethnographic approach was followed. Purposive sampling
was utilized to select participants who met the inclusion criteria. Data were
collected using group and individual interviews. Tesch’s method of qualitative
data analysis was utilized to identify themes. From the findings of the study
the researcher and the independent coder identified the following patterns
from the individual and group interviews with participants.