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Cultural Studies: Authority Structures
Cultural Studies: Authority Structures
Cultural Studies: Authority Structures
Authority Structures
Authority Structures
Leadership in the community
- A leader is someone who leads others.
- At home, school and community we have people who lead others.
- At home parents, guardians, grandparents, older brothers and sisters lead
us.
- At school The Headteacher and teachers lead us.
- In the Community some of our leaders are Doctors, Nurses, Lawyers, The
Police, soldier's and church leads.
- In sports our leaders are the coach and referee.
Roles of people in authority
- Leaders do certain duties in the community
Head-Teacher
- Helps the teachers to guide learners.
- Maintains discipline in the school.
- Makes sure there are enough books, furniture, toiletry, sports equipment,
computers, robotics and music requirements.
- Talks to parents about learners work and progress.
- Helps decide what’s best for the learners.
- Solves problems amongst learners.
- Punishes learners who break certain rules.
The Teachers
- Guide learners in the class.
- Makes sure all learners have a safe learning environment.
- Checks, marks and records learners progress.
- Makes sure learners understand and guides them in school and class rules.
- Communicates to the school and to parents about each learner’s progress
and challenges.
Our Parents/Guardians
- Provide food, clothes and shelter for children.
- Make sure the children have medical attention when sick.
- Make rules to run the home.
- Make sure school children go to school and they pay school fees for the
learners.
Chief/Kgosi
- Makes rules for the village.
- Guides the “Kgotla” meetings.
- Solves conflict issues among the villagers.
- Makes sure the villages obey the laws of the country e.g Human rights laws
The coach
- Teaches the rules of a game.
The Referee
- Starts and stops the game.
- Penalises the team e.g yellow or red cards in soccer.
- The referees decision is final in solving any game conflict.
Local Rules
- They are followed by a smaller group of people in a community.
- These rules can be in a family, school, club or church.
- The rules can for a particular place.
- The rules help them to cover their needs. E.g a club can water their garden
in the morning or evening.
People who makes rules in the community
-In the community, different people make the rules. E.g at home, school,
village and within the community.
At School
Head Teacher
Deputy Head
Heads of Department
Teachers
At Home
Dad
Mum
Children