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Roelf Petrus Reyneke – Education as Change, 2024
Section 28(1)(c) of the South African Constitution (1996) unequivocally affirms that children are the only vulnerable group with an explicit right to social services. Nonetheless, the practical realisation of this right remains elusive for many children, leaving them without access to vital social services. Through the theoretical framework of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Services, Childrens Rights, Advocacy
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Breshears, Diana; Lubbe-De Beer, Carien – Education as Change, 2016
Through in-depth interviews with 21 parents and 12 children in lesbian/gay-parented families, we explored the experiences of this unique family form in South African schools. Specifically, families reflected on their positive and negative experiences in the children's education and used these reflections to offer advice to teachers and…
Descriptors: Homosexuality, Parents, Foreign Countries, Family Needs
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Hunma, Aditi – Education as Change, 2018
Students' call for decolonising the curriculum has triggered deep reflection about what we teach and how we teach it, but equally, about the role of pedagogic spaces in recognising students as agents in their learning. This paper is situated within the field of academic literacies, where students' engagement with texts is seen as being…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Online Courses, Electronic Learning, Individualized Instruction
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Kruger, Jill – Education as Change, 2020
The international Eco-Schools programme promotes Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) through introducing and stimulating pro-environmental initiatives by school learners and staff. This enabled learners in the Eco-Clubs at a resource-poor primary school to identify and undertake transformative pro-environmental initiatives in 2011 and 2014…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Transformative Learning, Environmental Education, Ecology
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Davids, Nuraan; Waghid, Yusef – Education as Change, 2016
Schools in post-apartheid South Africa appear to be under siege by violence. In turn, school leaders find themselves in the unenviable position of not only having to deal with inadequate educator professionalism and learner underachievement--particularly in previously disadvantaged schools--but are under pressure to find ways to counteract the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Racial Segregation, Violence, Educational Environment
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Rubagiza, Jolly; Umutoni, Jane; Kaleeba, Ali – Education as Change, 2016
Education is seen to play a crucial role in the reconstruction of post-conflict countries, particularly in transforming people's mindsets and rebuilding social relations. In this regard, teachers are often perceived as key agents to bring about this transformative change through their role as agents of peace. This paper seeks to understand how…
Descriptors: Peace, Semi Structured Interviews, Focus Groups, Questionnaires