Abstract
Ph.D.
The primary aim of this research project was to develop an appropriate management framework
based on the development and management of teacher development activities through
mentorship programmes, especially because this is one of the major challenges facing schools
and or educational organizations' today, and in general and more specifically for the Gauteng
Provincial Education Department, again for continuous school based teacher development
especially the novice teachers in the selected adaptive schools of Soweto and in order to achieve
the general aim of the research project, the following specific aims were investigated, namely:
• develop an appropriate and specific framework for managing effective educator
development activities through mentorship programmes
• describe and develop relevant policies to improve the implementation and effectiveness
of the mentorship and induction programmes.
• describe the educator development and management of education through mentorship
process and procedures as a vital component of education transformation
• investigate empirically the perception of educator development and management of
education in respect of mentorship activities, within the education personnel