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De Wet, Nicole; Osman, Ruksana – Perspectives in Education, 2018
In South Africa, the educational attainment of African children has been a focal point of policy and research since the end of apartheid in 1994. Individual and policy-level determinants of child development and educational outcomes have been exhaustively investigated. A less researched perspective is the role of community and household…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Community Characteristics, Socioeconomic Status, Family Characteristics
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Matsekoleng, Tsebo Kgoto – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2020
This study emanates from behaviorism theory and cooperative paradigm, which evaluates the effects of parents' daily household activities regarding littering on children through participatory action research approach. Litter is a socio-cultural environmental issue that degrade environment. Additionally, pre-packed foods and other disposable items…
Descriptors: Housework, Parents, Pollution, Ecology
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Venter, Cobus J.; Maree, Jacobus G. – South African Journal of Education, 2020
The purpose of this study was to explore and assess the feasibility of counselling based on life-design principles in enhancing the career resilience of children who are exposed to family violence. The research project involved a qualitative-quantitative mode of inquiry with 6 participants chosen based on certain characteristics.…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Counseling Techniques, Counseling Effectiveness, Resilience (Psychology)
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Lumadi, Rudzani I. – Africa Education Review, 2019
The research study reported on was conducted to establish how the walls of quality education for disadvantaged communities can be rebuilt through classroom discipline. Social and economic instability, which has always existed, has been intensified by the recent widespread political unrests, which in turn has eroded discipline in the classroom…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Environment, Community Characteristics, Educational Quality, Discipline
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Shields, Nancy; Nadasen, Kathy; Pierce, Lois – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2009
This study is based on a sample of children from the Cape Town area in South Africa. The study compares the effects of witnessing school or neighborhood violence compared with being victimized in each context on psychological distress. The findings suggest that in the context of the school, victimization has a somewhat stronger effect on distress…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Neighborhoods, Municipalities, Violence
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Post, David; Pong, Suet-ling – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2009
What it means to be a "student" varies within and between countries. Apart from the wide variety of school types and school quality that is experienced by young people, there also is, accompanying increased rates of school participation, a growing population of students who work part-time. The theoretical and actual consequences of…
Descriptors: Science Achievement, Mathematics Achievement, Student Employment, Foreign Countries