This chapter examines the conflict between Ubuntu and globalization. The advent of globalization is rapidly and inevitably changing the world's development setting. The development has neither been merciful nor friendly to Ubuntu. As a consequence, pressure is mounting for the re-definition and re-positioning of the functions of schools. Ethical leadership and emphasis on multiculturalism are some of the key features that define new school systems. Botswana and Nigeria school leadership systems are explored to generate a more sensitive school leadership model.
This article reports on teachers’ beliefs about teaching and the implications of these beliefs in the teaching of Social Studies. A case study design was adopted using a beliefs tool that was administered to a sample of 21 Social Studies teachers in junior secondary schools and five in-service Social Studies teachers enrolled at the national university. Data were analyzed against the Luft and Roehrig (2007) belief categories and the South African Norms and Standards for teaching. The findings showed that teachers have different beliefs about teaching: as a knowledge-based profession and as a community, citizenship, and pastoral responsibility.
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