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Romanowski, Michael H. – Prospects, 2022
One feature of deprived communities is a lack of social capital. Yet, research reports that social capital contributes to poverty reduction and positively impacts schools and student educational outcomes. In South Africa, there is a deficit in social capital in under-resourced and underperforming schools that limits students' educational…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Principals, Social Capital, Partnerships in Education
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Vally, Salim; Motala, Enver – Education as Change, 2022
State policies regarding workers' education and the education and training of adults and communities have been hugely influenced by the political and ideological perspectives and approaches that have informed such policies from the onset of the post-apartheid period. These approaches have had pervasively negative effects on especially workers'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Education, Community Education, Vocational Education
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Bust, Ella; Pedro, Athena – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
In South Africa, the mother-infant relationship is often conceptualized using international frameworks. Yet, contextual knowledge of mother-infant bonding is essential, as a strong mother-infant bond enhances a mother's capacity to care for her infant, and is associated with many positive child development outcomes. Community health workers work…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Infants
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Zuber-Skerritt, Ortrun – Educational Action Research, 2018
The purpose of this article is to provide an educational, theoretical, and methodological framework for using a special kind of action research, namely PALAR (participatory action learning and action research). This integrated methodology of lifelong action learning (AL) and participatory action research (PAR) has been developed over the past…
Descriptors: Models, Action Research, Participatory Research, Experiential Learning
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Mgqwashu, Emmanuel M.; Timmis, Sue; de Wet, Thea; Madondo, Nkosinathi Emmanuel – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2020
This paper reports on an international collaborative study that investigated how students from rural contexts negotiate the transition to university, and how prior cultural and educational experiences influence their higher education trajectories. A qualitative, participatory methodology was adopted, centred on co-researcher narratives, digital…
Descriptors: International Cooperation, Rural Areas, Student Adjustment, Student Characteristics
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Bhagwan, Raisuyah – Perspectives in Education, 2017
As attention to community engagement grows, it is critical that academics, students and community collaborators understand how it is conceptualised. This paper presents findings from a qualitative inquiry with academics and community engagement administrators nationally with regard to how they conceptualise community engagement. Six universities…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, School Community Relationship, Higher Education, Qualitative Research
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Naicker, Suraiya R.; Mkhabele, Ntiyiso N. – Africa Education Review, 2020
This article reports on a study that was prompted by the resistance to school mergers by local communities in the rural region of Limpopo, South Africa. Traditional leaders, who are prominent people in rural communities, were at the forefront of protests against school mergers. Thus, it was necessary to investigate the tensions experienced by the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Organizational Change, Consolidated Schools, Resistance to Change
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Thuthukile Jita; Alice Dhliwayo – Contemporary Educational Technology, 2024
The role of higher education in improving educational practices and access through research in technology innovations across the wider spectrum of schooling has especially increased in the information driven 21st century lifestyle. Pre-service teacher training plays a significant role in this transformation. For South Africa, research in…
Descriptors: Technological Advancement, Teacher Educators, Technology Uses in Education, Tablet Computers
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Condy, Janet L. – Reading & Writing: Journal of the Literacy Association of South Africa, 2023
Background: Although one of the most significant educational goals is to teach learners to comprehend written texts, the Global Education Monitoring Report (UNESCO 2021) identified that many children and adolescents have not acquired the minimum proficiency in reading even at the end of their secondary school career. South African literacy rates…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Teacher Response, Online Courses, Reading Instruction
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Zulu, Free-Queen Bongiwe; Mukeredzi, Tabitha Grace – South African Journal of Education, 2021
In the "Integrated Strategic Planning Framework for Teacher Education and Development," a South African policy, the Department of Basic Education (DBE) and the Department of Higher Education (DHET) call for the formation of professional learning communities and envisage support for teachers and access to enhanced professional development…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Professional Development, High School Teachers, Mathematics Teachers
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le Roux, Kate; Taylor, Dale L.; Kloot, Bruce; Allie, Saalih – Teaching in Higher Education, 2021
This paper offers a perspective on the relationship between communities that conduct research on teaching and learning in higher education, focusing on Higher Education Studies (HES) and science Discipline-Based Education Research (DBER). The paper responds to HES debates about the strength of its epistemological base and who belongs to that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Research, Higher Education, Intellectual Disciplines
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Owusu-Agyeman, Yaw – Journal for Multicultural Education, 2021
Purpose: The current study examines the moderating effect of supportive campus environment on the relationship between cultural diversity and students' sense of belonging in a university in South Africa. Design/methodology/approach: An online survey was designed and used to gather data from a sample of 2,026 registered undergraduate students.…
Descriptors: College Environment, Diversity, Cultural Pluralism, Sense of Community
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Elizabeth Walton; Petra Engelbrecht – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2024
Inclusive education is a fundamental right of all students. Despite international policy initiatives, educational exclusion is pervasive, especially in the Global South, and disproportionately affects disabled students. Barriers to inclusive education have been itemised in the literature, but in this conceptual paper that offers a novel…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Inclusion, Barriers, Students with Disabilities
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Huysamer, Carolyn; Seroto, Johannes – SAGE Open, 2021
Hazing is an ancient, universal practice. In past and modern societies, the need to join a group is an aspect of humanity. The process of joining a group frequently includes the need to be hazed to legitimate full membership. This article uses the theoretical frameworks of Foucault and Bourdieu's perspectives of social order, Tajfel and Turner's…
Descriptors: Grade 12, High School Seniors, Late Adolescents, Hazing
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Shabalala, Lombuso Precious; Ngcwangu, Sisa – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2021
Purpose: This paper aims to present the results of an investigation on how a reciprocal relationship between the University of Mpumalanga (UMP) in South Africa and the surrounding communities can be used to accelerate the implementation of sustainable development goal 4 (SDG 4). The aim of this paper is to establish stakeholder perceptions on the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Higher Education, College Role
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