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Sam Mokgapego Morowane; Ramodike Nylon Marishane – South African Journal of Education, 2024
The high level of inequality in South Africa has widened the gap between rural and urban schools, and the performance of rural schools has been continuously declining compared to urban schools. Poor performance in rural schools is perpetuated by parents being absent from their children's education because the socio-economic conditions and their…
Descriptors: Parents, Empowerment, Rural Areas, Parent Participation
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Ubbink, Marie J.; Strydom, Herman – Research on Social Work Practice, 2019
Purpose: This research is providing social workers with a deeper insight into the process of empowering people from disadvantaged communities with leadership abilities by applying a narrative approach in group work and to develop members' individual potential within their social construction of leaders and leadership. Method: This research was…
Descriptors: Social Work, Caseworkers, Empowerment, Leadership Training
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Wood, Lesley; Olivier, Tilla – Teacher Development, 2008
Health Promoting Schools have been introduced to encourage teachers to engage with the community, to promote all facets of health of both learners and teachers. However, previous research established that South African teachers in general were not feeling very motivated, given the problematic environments in which they were working. The…
Descriptors: Intervention, Self Efficacy, Disadvantaged Environment, Teacher Effectiveness
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Pracana, Clara, Ed.; Wang, Michael, Ed. – Online Submission, 2016
We are delighted to welcome you to the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends (InPACT) 2016, taking place in Lisbon, Portugal, from 30 of April to 2 of May, 2016. Psychology, nowadays, offers a large range of scientific fields where it can be applied. The goal of understanding individuals and groups (mental functions and…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Educational Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology
Pateman, Neil A., Ed; Dougherty, Barbara J., Ed.; Zilliox, Joseph T., Ed. – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2003
This volume of the 27th International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education Conference includes the following research reports: (1) Improving Decimal Number Conception by Transfer from Fractions to Decimals (Irita Peled and Juhaina Awawdy Shahbari); (2) The Development of Student Teachers' Efficacy Beliefs in Mathematics during…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Mathematics Education, Teacher Effectiveness, Metalinguistics