HED4802
Assignment 4 2025
Unique number:
Due Date: August 2025
QUESTION 1
Curriculum Leadership in South African Schools: A Critical Evaluation
Introduction
Curriculum leadership plays a vital role in shaping the teaching and learning process within
South African schools. It refers to the ability of education leaders to guide, support, and
influence the planning, implementation, and review of the curriculum in a way that improves
learner achievement and promotes teacher development (Du Preez & Reddy, 2014). From
my experience as an educator, I have seen that effective curriculum leadership must be
participatory, context-sensitive, and aimed at both teacher support and learner development.
In many schools, however, curriculum leadership is still treated as a top-down function
dominated by school principals and heads of departments. While this structure provides
necessary coordination, it often stifles teacher innovation and collaboration. This reflection
discusses who should be responsible for curriculum leadership and how it should be
exercised to support implementation and learner outcomes. Academic literature and my own
classroom experiences provide the foundation for this analysis. Terms of use
By making use of this document you agree to:
Use this document as a guide for learning, comparison and reference purpose,
Terms of use
Not to duplicate, reproduce and/or misrepresent the contents of this document as your own work,
By making use of this document you agree to:
Use this document
Fully accept the consequences
solely as a guide forshould you plagiarise
learning, reference,or and
misuse this document.
comparison purposes,
Ensure originality of your own work, and fully accept the consequences should you plagiarise or misuse this document.
Comply with all relevant standards, guidelines, regulations, and legislation governing academic and written work.
Disclaimer
Great care has been taken in the preparation of this document; however, the contents are provided "as is" without any express or
implied representations or warranties. The author accepts no responsibility or liability for any actions taken based on the
information contained within this document. This document is intended solely for comparison, research, and reference purposes.
Reproduction, resale, or transmission of any part of this document, in any form or by any means, is strictly prohibited.
Assignment 4 2025
Unique number:
Due Date: August 2025
QUESTION 1
Curriculum Leadership in South African Schools: A Critical Evaluation
Introduction
Curriculum leadership plays a vital role in shaping the teaching and learning process within
South African schools. It refers to the ability of education leaders to guide, support, and
influence the planning, implementation, and review of the curriculum in a way that improves
learner achievement and promotes teacher development (Du Preez & Reddy, 2014). From
my experience as an educator, I have seen that effective curriculum leadership must be
participatory, context-sensitive, and aimed at both teacher support and learner development.
In many schools, however, curriculum leadership is still treated as a top-down function
dominated by school principals and heads of departments. While this structure provides
necessary coordination, it often stifles teacher innovation and collaboration. This reflection
discusses who should be responsible for curriculum leadership and how it should be
exercised to support implementation and learner outcomes. Academic literature and my own
classroom experiences provide the foundation for this analysis. Terms of use
By making use of this document you agree to:
Use this document as a guide for learning, comparison and reference purpose,
Terms of use
Not to duplicate, reproduce and/or misrepresent the contents of this document as your own work,
By making use of this document you agree to:
Use this document
Fully accept the consequences
solely as a guide forshould you plagiarise
learning, reference,or and
misuse this document.
comparison purposes,
Ensure originality of your own work, and fully accept the consequences should you plagiarise or misuse this document.
Comply with all relevant standards, guidelines, regulations, and legislation governing academic and written work.
Disclaimer
Great care has been taken in the preparation of this document; however, the contents are provided "as is" without any express or
implied representations or warranties. The author accepts no responsibility or liability for any actions taken based on the
information contained within this document. This document is intended solely for comparison, research, and reference purposes.
Reproduction, resale, or transmission of any part of this document, in any form or by any means, is strictly prohibited.
