Vitallis Chikoko

Biographic Data

ID196778
NAMEVitallis Chikoko
GIVEN NAMESVitallis
FAMILY NAMEChikoko
SIGNATURECHIKOKO V
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of KwaZulu-Natal
ORCID0000-0001-6135-6172
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS10
WORKS AS AUTHOR7
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2008
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2016
H-INDEX2

  • Influence Matters

    Open AccessInbanathan Naicker, Vitallis Chikoko et al.ARTICLEJournal of Sociology and Social…2016

    Poor leadership and management among some school heads in Zimbabwe has been foregrounded as a cause for concern. Questions are being raised about school heads’ ability to influence teachers in their day-to-day practice. Hence, this qualitative ethnographic study with a focus on leader influence behaviours employed by school heads to motivate teachers to attain school goals. Two schools were purposively sampled and at each school the school head a…

  • Does Mentorship Add Value to In-service Leadership Development for School Principals? Evidence from South Africa

    Open AccessInbanathan Naicker, Vitallis Chikoko et al.ARTICLEThe Anthropologist2014Cited by: 1References: 2

    Leadership development has become topical as a means towards growing future leaders. However, what pedagogies and learning methods produce effective leaders remains contested. In South Africa, the National Department of Education has rolled out an Advanced Certificate in Education in School Leadership targeted initially at practising school principals. It combines a content and process rich programme involving work-based learning and employs ment…

  • School-University Partnership in a South African Rural Context

    Open AccessPhumlani Erasmus Myende, Phumlani Myende et al.ARTICLEJournal of Human Ecology2014Cited by: 2References: 4

    In this paper the researchers utilised qualitative research methods to investigate possibilities for the asset-based approach to achieving school-community partnership. One partnership between a South African University and a secondary school in KwaZulu-Natal province was studied with the aim of investigating what assets the partners regarded as central in the partnership, the extent to which they utilised these assets and what could be the possi…

  • Moving towards Curriculum Intellectualisingin the Context of Divergent Notions of African Scholarship

    Inbanathan Naicker, Pholoho Morojele et al.ARTICLEAfrican Studies2014References: 14

    This article provides a reflexive narrative account of a collaborative process of moving towards curriculum intellectualising in the context of diverse understandings of African scholarship in a South African university. We reflect on the journey we took in trying to make collective sense of postgraduate students' conceptions of African scholarship. The article illustrates how we came to see that our own implicit notions of African scholarship co…

  • Do Women Have to ‘Grow Muscles’ in Order to Successfully Manage Schools? Evidence from Some South African Female School Principals

    Open AccessPholoho Morojele, Vitallis Chikoko et al.ARTICLEThe Anthropologist2013References: 2

    The study reports on women principals’ management experiences in four schools. Using a feminist lens and school management theories, this paper discusses gender-based experiences of women school principals, and the implications of these for effective management of schools. The inductive analysis offered makes use of data generated from semi-structured interviews, observations and document analysis with four women school principals. It reveals tha…

  • Educational decentralisation in Zimbabwe and Malawi

    Open AccessVitallis ChikokoARTICLEInternational Journal of…2008Cited by: 4References: 4

  • The Role of Parent Governors in School Governance in Zimbabwe

    Open AccessVitallis ChikokoARTICLEInternational Review of Education2008Cited by: 3References: 1