Game of Schools: A Three-Act Play

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Abstract

This critical qualitative study focused on what are the factors that contribute to high learner performance at a public school.The single case study is Westeros Secondary School, a co-educational urban secondary school located in Newlands West (an area designated for the Indian community during the apartheid era) KZN, South Africa Purposive sampling was used. Data was produced via interviews with the participants (principal, ten teachers, five ex learners and two parents) document analysis, as well as observations of the various school activities .Themes that emerged from the data were presented in an innovative rendition as dramatic license was implemented to render the story of learner performance in three acts. The overall key finding of this study was the fetish of excellence.

Author

• Shamila Ramsookbhai, University of Johannesburg