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    Values transformation : analysis of policies and culture at a selected school
    (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03) Jacobs, Vanessa; Van Wyk, Berte; Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Education. Education Policy Studies.
    ENGLISH SUMMARY : This thesis explores values transformation, specifically focusing on the values of non-racialism and equality, as originally expounded upon within the Manifesto on Values, Education and Democracy (DoE, 2001b). After 24 years of democracy it appears as though the ideals expressed within the Manifesto on Values, Education and Democracy as well as later publications such as Values and Human Rights in the Curriculum: A Guide (DoE, 2005b) and Building a Culture of Responsibility and Humanity in our Schools: A Guide for Teachers (DBE, 2010b) were either forgotten or deemed as less crucial when compared to academic performance. I set out to develop a better understanding regarding values transformation, or the lack thereof, within a former Model C primary school’s institutional set-up. I analyze as to what extend the values, as expressed within the above-mentioned government publications, manifest itself within the selected school. The purpose of the analysis of school policies is to develop an understanding as to how the interpretation and implementation of school policies have developed in relation to non-racialism and equality. I continue to interview educators as to better understand the school’s institutional culture and to ascertain whether there is a coherence between school policy and school culture. I understand that education is multifaceted process and that transformation cannot take place in a vacuum wherein it is isolated from the intricate social fabric of community. I understand that transformation begins with the individual as contextualized within a community. I, therefore, include a questionnaire in order to determine the parents’, as representatives of the community, views regarding values within the school set-up as well as their perceptions of the values within the community within which the school is situated. I contend that as individuals takes a stand next to their neighbour, a social network is formed wherein each person has a part to play in order to constitute transformation within South Africa.