Brigitte Smit
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 188365 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Brigitte Smit |
| PRENOMES | Brigitte |
| SOBRENOME | Smit |
| ASSINATURA | SMIT B |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of South Africa |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0145-9652 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 14 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 20 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 14 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2005 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2021 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Computer-Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis Software for Scoping Reviews
Expanding Educational Leadership Theories through Qualitative Relational Methodologies
Educational leadership is conceptualised through a relational framework and empirically understood through qualitative relational methodologies such as relational ethics, ethics of care and narrative inquiry. Empirical data from narrative interviews revealed that in many cases where the school principals honed values such as care and relational attributes in their daily leadership practices, learners were more likely to respond to such relational…
Observations in Qualitative Inquiry
A Narrative Inquiry into Rural School Leadership in South Africa
This article attends to rural school leadership in two South African schools through the lens of the concepts of relational leadership and emotional labour. The inquiry draws on five years of guided conversations and observations that speak to leadership experiences of hope and anticipation as well as despair and disillusionment. I worked with one black male principal and one black female school principal from two rural schools in South Africa. O…
Comprehending the Macro Through the Lens of the Micro
The South African Grade 4 learners had the lowest achievement mean of all participating education systems for the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) 2006. Further investigation was required to explore the potential reasons for the low performance. Although traditionally, secondary analyses of the data for international comparative studies of learner achievement have involved quantitative procedures, the mixed methods researc…
Understanding Implicit Texts in Focus Groups from a Systems Psychodynamic Perspective
Many researchers have been inquiring into focus groups as a qualitative data collection method (Barbour & Kitzinger 1999; Krueger 1998; Morgan, 1998), but only a few have been able to analyse the different levels of understanding in focus groups, which we focus on in this article. The guiding research question is how do focus groups offer deeper levels of understandings from a systems psychodynamic perspective. Research participants were purposiv…
An Ethnographic Narrative of Relational Leadership
Educational leadership is an important subject in the literature, which is mostly investigated from a male tradition. Little research is conducted on a feminine approach, such as relational leadership in educational leadership studies. This paper offers an ethnographical and narrative perspective of relational leadership, observing \nand speaking to a female school principal. Through an inductive qualitative data analysis, working observational a…
An Ethnographic Narrative of Relational Leadership
Educational leadership is an important subject in the literature, which is mostly investigated from a male tradition. Little research is conducted on a feminine approach, such as relational leadership in educational leadership studies. This paper offers an ethnographical and narrative perspective of relational leadership, observing and speaking to a female school principal. Through an inductive qualitative data analysis, working observational and…
Female Leadership in a Rural School
This qualitative narrative inquiry focused on relational female leadership and ethics of care from a feminist perspective. Female leadership in a rural educational setting called for in-depth qualitative inquiries specifically on the African continent. In this inquiry one female school principal was researched over a period of three years. Empirical data were sourced from observations and guided conversations. The research participant was a femal…
PhD capacity-building, from aid to innovation
The article illustrates how the South Africa–Netherlands Research Programme on Alternatives in Development (SANPAD), a doctoral research preparation programme for candidates on the African continent, evolved from an aid programme to an exemplary model of innovation, namely SANTRUST, an ownership-driven partnership within the framework of internationalization. This model of innovation includes a programme with a novel approach to focus on redress …
An Ethnographic Narrative of Hope for School Leadership in a Rural Educational Setting
This ethnographic narrative, which is theoretically framed by appreciative inquiry, attends to the life of a school principal in a rural school in South Africa. The aim of this longitudinal ethnographic narrative inquiry was to uncover the life of a school principal in a rural school to unmask how he makes meaning of his challenging role as a school principal. Observational and conversational data of how Nathaniel (pseudonym) sees himself as a pr…
The usefulness of academic performance feedback to primary and secondary schools
There has been an increased emphasis on providing schools with feedback on performance of learners with the aim of improving the quality of education. However, if feedback on learner performance is to be effectively used by schools, then it is important to understand what the informational needs of the schools are and whether schools can access the information. Thus, one research question is posed in this article namely: How can the current prese…
Finding Academic Voice
The narrative in this discussion article portrays the quest by two researchers to find their scholarly identity in their craft. The central issue in this narrative piece as design type of this inquiry is the space of knowledge crafting- distinguishing between adopted knowledge from the theories that sustain our thinking and the realities that they encounter in the research fields where knowledge grows in dynamic ecosystems that they wish to engag…
Teachers, Local Knowledge, and Policy Implementation
How can teachers’ understandings of policy as local knowledge inform policy implementation in schools? This article investigates policy understanding and implementation in urban primary schools and locates the inquiry in the transitional South African context. The author illustrates teachers’ understandings of policy in times of transition and shows how such local knowledge affects policy implementation. She argues that although teachers play an …
Teachers, Local Knowledge, and Policy Implementation
How can teachers’ understandings of policy as local knowledge inform policy implementation in schools? This article investigates policy understanding and implementation in urban primary schools and locates the inquiry in the transitional South African context. The author illustrates teachers’ understandings of policy in times of transition and shows how such local knowledge affects policy implementation. She argues that although teachers play an …
Observations in Qualitative Inquiry
An Ethnographic Narrative of Hope for School Leadership in a Rural Educational Setting
This ethnographic narrative, which is theoretically framed by appreciative inquiry, attends to the life of a school principal in a rural school in South Africa. The aim of this longitudinal ethnographic narrative inquiry was to uncover the life of a school principal in a rural school to unmask how he makes meaning of his challenging role as a school principal. Observational and conversational data of how Nathaniel (pseudonym) sees himself as a pr…
Finding Academic Voice
The narrative in this discussion article portrays the quest by two researchers to find their scholarly identity in their craft. The central issue in this narrative piece as design type of this inquiry is the space of knowledge crafting- distinguishing between adopted knowledge from the theories that sustain our thinking and the realities that they encounter in the research fields where knowledge grows in dynamic ecosystems that they wish to engag…
Teachers, Local Knowledge, and Policy Implementation
How can teachers’ understandings of policy as local knowledge inform policy implementation in schools? This article investigates policy understanding and implementation in urban primary schools and locates the inquiry in the transitional South African context. The author illustrates teachers’ understandings of policy in times of transition and shows how such local knowledge affects policy implementation. She argues that although teachers play an …
Finding Academic Voice
The narrative in this discussion article portrays the quest by two researchers to find their scholarly identity in their craft. The central issue in this narrative piece as design type of this inquiry is the space of knowledge crafting- distinguishing between adopted knowledge from the theories that sustain our thinking and the realities that they encounter in the research fields where knowledge grows in dynamic ecosystems that they wish to engag…
Female Leadership in a Rural School
This qualitative narrative inquiry focused on relational female leadership and ethics of care from a feminist perspective. Female leadership in a rural educational setting called for in-depth qualitative inquiries specifically on the African continent. In this inquiry one female school principal was researched over a period of three years. Empirical data were sourced from observations and guided conversations. The research participant was a femal…
PhD capacity-building, from aid to innovation
The article illustrates how the South Africa–Netherlands Research Programme on Alternatives in Development (SANPAD), a doctoral research preparation programme for candidates on the African continent, evolved from an aid programme to an exemplary model of innovation, namely SANTRUST, an ownership-driven partnership within the framework of internationalization. This model of innovation includes a programme with a novel approach to focus on redress …
An Ethnographic Narrative of Hope for School Leadership in a Rural Educational Setting
This ethnographic narrative, which is theoretically framed by appreciative inquiry, attends to the life of a school principal in a rural school in South Africa. The aim of this longitudinal ethnographic narrative inquiry was to uncover the life of a school principal in a rural school to unmask how he makes meaning of his challenging role as a school principal. Observational and conversational data of how Nathaniel (pseudonym) sees himself as a pr…
The usefulness of academic performance feedback to primary and secondary schools
There has been an increased emphasis on providing schools with feedback on performance of learners with the aim of improving the quality of education. However, if feedback on learner performance is to be effectively used by schools, then it is important to understand what the informational needs of the schools are and whether schools can access the information. Thus, one research question is posed in this article namely: How can the current prese…
An Ethnographic Narrative of Relational Leadership
Educational leadership is an important subject in the literature, which is mostly investigated from a male tradition. Little research is conducted on a feminine approach, such as relational leadership in educational leadership studies. This paper offers an ethnographical and narrative perspective of relational leadership, observing \nand speaking to a female school principal. Through an inductive qualitative data analysis, working observational a…
An Ethnographic Narrative of Relational Leadership
Educational leadership is an important subject in the literature, which is mostly investigated from a male tradition. Little research is conducted on a feminine approach, such as relational leadership in educational leadership studies. This paper offers an ethnographical and narrative perspective of relational leadership, observing and speaking to a female school principal. Through an inductive qualitative data analysis, working observational and…
Understanding Implicit Texts in Focus Groups from a Systems Psychodynamic Perspective
Many researchers have been inquiring into focus groups as a qualitative data collection method (Barbour & Kitzinger 1999; Krueger 1998; Morgan, 1998), but only a few have been able to analyse the different levels of understanding in focus groups, which we focus on in this article. The guiding research question is how do focus groups offer deeper levels of understandings from a systems psychodynamic perspective. Research participants were purposiv…
Comprehending the Macro Through the Lens of the Micro
The South African Grade 4 learners had the lowest achievement mean of all participating education systems for the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) 2006. Further investigation was required to explore the potential reasons for the low performance. Although traditionally, secondary analyses of the data for international comparative studies of learner achievement have involved quantitative procedures, the mixed methods researc…
A Narrative Inquiry into Rural School Leadership in South Africa
This article attends to rural school leadership in two South African schools through the lens of the concepts of relational leadership and emotional labour. The inquiry draws on five years of guided conversations and observations that speak to leadership experiences of hope and anticipation as well as despair and disillusionment. I worked with one black male principal and one black female school principal from two rural schools in South Africa. O…
Expanding Educational Leadership Theories through Qualitative Relational Methodologies
Educational leadership is conceptualised through a relational framework and empirically understood through qualitative relational methodologies such as relational ethics, ethics of care and narrative inquiry. Empirical data from narrative interviews revealed that in many cases where the school principals honed values such as care and relational attributes in their daily leadership practices, learners were more likely to respond to such relational…
Observations in Qualitative Inquiry
Computer-Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis Software for Scoping Reviews
Sociology (11 obras) · Psychology (9 obras) · Narrative (7 obras) · Computer Science (6 obras) · Political science (6 obras) · Anthropology (5 obras) · Pedagogy (5 obras) · Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (5 obras) · Educational leadership (4 obras) · Qualitative research (4 obras)