parents and principals as partners in creating a culture of learning

CHAPTER 5
PLANNING OF THE RESEARCH
5.1 INTRODUCTION
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Research in the preceding chapters on parents and principals as partners in creating
a culture of learning was conducted by means ofavailable relevant literature. This
literature study revealed that a partnership between parents and principals is
lacking in creating a culture of learning. In order to investigate the findings in the
literature study, it was necessary to formulate five postulates and undertake an
empirical survey. The collection of data was through administering two separate
self-structured questionnaires to parents who have children in standard nine and
principals of secondary schools respectively (Appendix A and B). Therefore this
chapter will focus on the planning of the research used in the investigation of
parents and principals as partners in creating a culture of learning.
5.2 POSTULATES
A postulate can be defined as: a basic assumption or supposition that is accepted
as true which can serve as a basis for reasoning and deduction (Plug, Meyer,
Louw & Gouws, 1991:280)
The following are the postulates formulated for this research:
5.2.1 Responsibility
Parents and principals will indicate a lack of clarity pertaining to their respective
responsibilities regarding the creation of a culture of learning.