parents and principals as partners in creating a culture of learning

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clarification. Questions were formulated in English for principals. The
accompanying letter and instructions were also in English (Appendix F). The
researcher aimed to avoid ambiguity, vagueness, bias, prejudice and technical
language in the questions contained in both the questionnaires.
The aim of administering two separate questionnaires to parents and principals
respectively was to obtain information on whether parents and principals are
working together as partners in creating a culture of learning with regard to the
following:
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The sharing of responsibility.
The sharing of information.
The sharing of decision-making.
The sharing of skills.
The sharing of accountability.
The questionnaires (Appendices A and B) were designed to determine whether
parents and principals are partners in creating a culture of learning. In order to
obtain the information needed for the purpose of this study the questionnaires for
both parents and principals were each sub-divided into two sections as follows:
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Section one of the questionnaires for both parents and principals dealt with
the demographic information of the respondents.
Section two of the questionnaire for parents focused on the parent's
perspective of a partnership in creating a culture of learning.
Section two of the questionnaire for principals focused on the principal's
perspective of a partnership in creating a culture of learning.