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6 ACRONYMS CHE DET DOE CHET GEAR GDE HOD INSET JCE MEC NCHE NQF PRESET RDP SACE SAQA SRC TED Council on Higher Education Department of Education and Training Department of Education Centre for Higher Education Transformation Growth, Employment and Redistribution (strategy) Gauteng Department of Education Head of Department In-service education and training Johannesburg College of Education Member of the Executive Council National Commission on Higher Education National Qualifications Framework Pre-service education and training Reconstruction and Development Programme South African Council for Educators South African Qualifications Authority Student Representative Council Transvaal Education Department 6
GOVERNING TEACHER EDUCATION COLLEGES IN SOUTH AFRICA: THE CASE OF THE GAUTENG PROVINCE 1 7 The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate for the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty and we must think anew and act anew. We must disenthral ourselves, and then we shall save our country (Lincoln). M Cross Department of Education University of the Witwatersrand Private Bag 3 Wits 2050 Tel: (011) 716 5293 Fax: (011) 339 3956 E-Mail: 022cross@mentor.edcm.wits.ac.za 1. Introduction Governance of higher education is increasingly becoming one of the most provocative areas of inquiry in the field of educational policy. How institutions of higher education are governed, the structures and processes of decision-making and the distribution of power within and outside the institutions, have captured the interest of politicians, political scientists, sociologists, organisation theorists, and education practitioners. Out of this interest, a body of literature, rich in theory and description and extensive in the variety of topics and issues addressed, has emerged. There are however some limitations concerning this body of literature. First, most of this literature tends to privilege the universities and other institutions of higher education. The college sub-sector generally remains under researched. Second, the few items dealing with college governance tend to neglect teacher education colleges. They focus on community colleges or further education colleges. This study deals with the restructuring of governance of teacher education colleges in the Gauteng Province in South Africa. Although it draws on the relevant national and international literature, the main thrust of this study is in that it analytically privileges practitioners’ discourses of governance which inform their current interpretations of governance policy and underpin their practices. The study has three main dimensions. First, it scrutinises main governance discourses among the college leadership with focus on how college administrators (rectors, vice-rectors and heads of departments) understand the nature, purpose and styles of governance in teacher education. Second, it examines the emerging 1 I would like to thank the Association of African Universities whose funding made this study possible. 7
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