parents and principals as partners in creating a culture of learning

(2) Recommendation
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The recommendation is that further research ofa qualitative and quantitative nature
must be undertaken pertaining to the role of all stakeholders (parents, principals,
the state, teachers and pupils) with an interest in education as partners in creating
a culture of teaching and learning.
7.6 CRITICISM
Criticism that emanates from this study includes the following:
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It can be presumed that many of the educators (parents and principals) who
completed the questionnaires drew their perceptions regarding parents and
principals as partners in creating a culture of learning from the media ­
where in many cases the media tend to prescribe to the appropriate
educator responsibilities in educating the child. The probability therefore
exists that the majority of educators indicated what is theoretical to their
educational responsibility and not what they practice.
The research sample comprised only of parents and principals of the former
department of education responsible for Black education. Dissimilar
responses might have been elicited from parents and principals of the
former department of education, responsible for White, Indian and
Coloured education.
By implementing a written questionnaire as research instrument. the
researcher differentiated between literate and illiterate parents. Although
more time-consuming and expensive, the written questionnaire could have
been convened into an interview questionnaire in order to obtain the
perceptions of illiterate parents regarding parents and principals as partners