Abstract
M.Ed.
The general aim of this research project was to investigate the components of teacher
competence and how these aspects can enhance teacher effectiveness.
The group aim of this research project was to investigate the teacher's leadership and how this
can enhance the management of teaching competence. It was the specific aim of this research
paper to:
determine the contribution of a professionally inviting classroom culture towards a teacher's
leadership style;
obtain teacher opinion as to the extent that teachers use a professionally inviting culture as
an aspect of their leadership style; and
devise a possible strategy whereby a professionally inviting classroom culture can support
the teacher's leadership style and enhance teacher competence.
South Africa is undergoing huge changes particularly in the educational sphere. One of the
most urgent problems that needs to be addressed is that of teacher competency.