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Roy Venketsamy – Perspectives in Education, 2024
South Africa is recognised as one of the most violent countries across the globe. School violence against teachers is a common phenomenon at most schools. This ongoing crisis has had a negative impact on the quality of teaching and learning. Schools are no longer a safe environment for teachers. Teachers are exposed to passive and active violence,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Experience, Violence, School Safety
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Angel Duduzile Dlungwane; Vijay Hamlall – Perspectives in Education, 2024
School-related gender-based violence (SRGBV) is a major obstacle to universal schooling and the right to education for girls. Inequitable gender norms and stereotypes, based on hierarchies and forms of subordination, amplify and contribute to the SRGBV. Extensive literature on gender-based violence in South African schools exists, and much of it…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Females, Blacks
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Teresa Del Bianco; Georgia Lockwood Estrin; Julian Tillmann; Bethany F. Oakley; Daisy Crawley; Antonia San José Cáceres; Hannah Hayward; Mandy Potter; Wendy Mackay; Petrusa Smit; Carlie du Plessis; Lucy Brink; Priscilla Springer; Hein Odendaal; Tony Charman; Tobias Banaschewski; Simon Baron-Cohen; Sven Bölte; Mark Johnson; Declan Murphy; Jan Buitelaar; Eva Loth; Emily J. H. Jones – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2024
Autistic individuals experience higher rates of externalising and internalising symptoms that may vary with environmental factors. However, there is limited research on variation across settings that may highlight common factors with globally generalisable effects. Data were taken from two cohorts: a multinational European sample (n = 764; 453…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Socioeconomic Influences, Mental Health
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Pierre du Plessis; Raj Mestry – Perspectives in Education, 2024
Violence, crime, and abuse against learners present a grave picture of problems in South African schools and are on the increase, as substantiated in articles. daily newspapers and news bulletins. The problem of violence is a complex one, and has been elevated to a national concern. The study was based on the perceptions and experiences of school…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Schools, Violence, Crime
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Rubbi Nunan, Julie Shantone – Education and Society, 2023
Students' challenging behaviour is a persisting problem in some primary schools. In South African primary schools, however, students' challenging behaviour is mainly understood as disruptive classroom behaviour. To establish how primary schools experience this phenomenon, interviews were held with twenty-one participants, purposively selected from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Behavior, Behavior Problems, Elementary School Students
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Jaysveree M. Louw – Journal of Education and Learning, 2024
South African society is currently experiencing a breakdown of morals, which is negatively impacting not only communities but also teaching and learning in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). There appears to be a widespread lack of respect for authority, accountability, and good manners among students, who often display rudeness, laziness,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Ethics, Colleges, Accountability
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Julie Shantone Rubbi Nunan – Educational Practice and Theory, 2024
Teachers experience learner challenging behaviour in primary schools worldwide. In South Africa, learner behaviour is undermining teaching and learning and compromising safety in some primary schools. To understand teachers' experiences of learner challenging behaviour, a qualitative data-collection approach was applied. Data from 15 teachers from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Teaching Experience, Student Behavior
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Mbhele, Siphesihle; Sibanyoni, Ephraim Kevin – Journal of Student Affairs in Africa, 2022
This article focuses on the behaviour of students during protest action at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN). The objectives of the study on which the article is based were to assess factors that contribute to student hooliganism and to evaluate the effects of violent student protests on the university community. The data were collected using…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Behavior, Antisocial Behavior, Activism
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Mahlangu, Vimbi Petrus – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2020
The paper emanates from the Chancellor's address that I presented on the 5th of March 2019 at the University of South Africa. Betrayal Trauma Theory (BTT) was used as a lens in understanding toxic leadership in work places. BTT focuses on the ways in which toxic behaviour of leaders may violate or negatively affect trust and well-being of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Work Environment, Power Structure, Trust (Psychology)
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Ngidi, Lucia Zithobile; Kaye, Sylvia Blanche – South African Journal of Education, 2022
Violence occurring in South African schools takes various forms and is a concern for all stakeholders. All forms of violence have negative effects, i.e. physical and psychological, educational damage and societal breakdown. The overall aim of the study reported on here was to explore the nature, causes and consequences of school violence, and then…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Violence, School Safety, Substance Abuse
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Dominguez-Whitehead, Yasmine – Studies in Higher Education, 2018
Recent and continuous transformation efforts at South African universities and the varied challenges facing higher education make it increasingly important to undertake an examination of student experiences that extend beyond the academic realm. This paper presents findings on non-academic support services, as experienced by students. The study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Student Personnel Services, Student Experience
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Sibanda, Rockie – Reading & Writing: Journal of the Literacy Association of South Africa, 2022
Background: In South Africa, developing criticality among learners is essential for their careers in school and outside school. However, knowledge and understanding of critical literacy within the schooling context is unclear, with only patchy guidance available for teachers. Objectives: An intervention project was set up to discover how community…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries, Critical Literacy
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Davids, Nuraan – Ethics and Education, 2018
In May 2017, yet another South African university became a site of hate speech. Three students chose to display Nazi-inspired posters, which advertised an 'Anglo-Afrikaner student' event, under the motto 'Fight for Stellenbosch'. That the posters provoked the response which it so obviously sought, was evident in the student outrage, and the swift…
Descriptors: Ethics, Democracy, Incidence, Antisocial Behavior
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Mahlangu, Vimbi Petrus – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2017
This paper highlights legal understanding of quid pro quo sexual harassment in schools. Quid pro quo sexual harassment implies abuse of authority or position to gain something sexual. A duty of care rests on teachers, Schools Governing Bodies and the Department of Education to provide and maintain safe schools that are free from all forms of…
Descriptors: Sexual Harassment, Guidelines, Bullying, Educational Environment
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Taukeni, Simon George, Ed. – IGI Global, 2020
Globalization and shifting demographics have led to a call for an immediate change in education-based counseling. Future school counselors must be equipped with 21st century skills that are applicable across cultural boundaries and applied in a global context. "Addressing Multicultural Needs in School Guidance and Counseling" is a…
Descriptors: School Guidance, School Counseling, Cultural Differences, Student Needs
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