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Burt Davis; Carel Jansen – Health Education Journal, 2024
Objectives: This study evaluated the effects of reading different versions of a fotonovela about diabetes in resource-poor settings in South Africa. Design: An experimental study was conducted with 411 participants, comparing a fotonovela with a younger protagonist, a similar fotonovela version with an older protagonist and a no message control…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Diabetes, Community Education, Information Dissemination
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de Jager, Sarina – Perspectives in Education, 2023
University students' mental health and wellbeing has been a global public health issue of increasing concern in recent years, with a growing body of empirical evidence suggesting university students are a 'very high-risk population' for mental disorders and psychological distress. Pre-existing mental health challenges among university students…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Well Being, College Students, Foreign Countries
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Moletsane, Relebohile – Comparative Education, 2023
Literature on gendered violence in education suggests that the perspectives of those most affected must inform knowledge generation and interventions. However, research with these populations is fraught with methodological and ethical challenges. This article reflects on photovoice as a method which privileges participants' perspectives. Drawing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Photography, Student Participation, Females
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Khoza, Bongani Joseph; Tshuma, Nompilo – International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning, 2022
The history, development, products, and impact of image-making are well-represented in literature. The literature looks extensively at the technological developments and advancements in the field and how photography has contributed to our understanding of historical, political and social tensions. However, the training and preparation of…
Descriptors: Photography, Training, Multiple Literacies, Teaching Methods
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Swanepoel, Gideon Petrus; Bruwer, Armand – Perspectives in Education, 2020
The anticipated Fourth Industrial Revolution and the non-linear sharing of information have afforded tertiary education institutions with opportunities to apply new technology to their pedagogy model. The prominence of social networking sites (SNSs), specifically Instagram, calls for educational institutions to innovate and acknowledge, as well as…
Descriptors: Age Groups, Blended Learning, Social Media, Photography
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Fezeka Gxwayibeni; Marshall Tamuka Maposa – South African Journal of Education, 2023
Generational experiences create unique contextualised meanings for society. This is the case with millennials in South Africa, many of whom use social media to organise their lives and engage with issues pertinent to them, such as South Africa being a rainbow nation. Some of these millennials are history teachers who, when at work, have to teach…
Descriptors: Blacks, History Instruction, Language Usage, Social Change
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Burningham, Kate; Venn, Susan; Hayward, Bronwyn; Nissen, Sylvia; Aoyagi, Midori; Hasan, Mohammad Mehedi; Jackson, Tim; Jha, Vimlendu; Mattar, Helio; Schudel, Ingrid; Yoshida, Aya – International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 2020
Existing literatures have discussed both ethical issues in visual research with young people, and the problems associated with applying 'universal' ethical guidelines across varied cultural contexts. There has been little consideration, however, of specific issues raised in projects where visual research is being conducted with young people…
Descriptors: Ethics, Photography, Foreign Countries, Research Projects
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Swarts, Tarynne; Hannes, Karin; Rodrigues-Quiles, Jose A. – Journal of Comparative and International Higher Education, 2021
Due to an increase in mobility programs, the number of South African international students is on the rise. Despite this increase there is a lack of research on South African international students. The acculturation challenges of South African international students, studying in Flanders, Belgium in a non-Anglophonic context was investigated. A…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Student Adjustment, Emotional Adjustment, Cultural Differences
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Msutwana, Nomawonga Veronica – South African Journal of Education, 2021
Research demonstrates that teachers' cultural perspectives influence how they teach sexuality education; however, it is not clear how this occurs. Therefore, in my study, I explored how Xhosa teachers' cultural perspectives influenced their practice of teaching sexuality education to adolescent Xhosa learners. I purposively selected 9 female Xhosa…
Descriptors: Sex Education, Females, Women Faculty, Cultural Influences
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MacEntee, Katie – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2020
This paper explores students', preservice teachers' and inservice teachers' perceptions of the contributions and challenges of using participatory visual methodologies (PVM) to enhance HIV education in rural schools. Drawing on findings from three research projects conducted in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa, four positive contributions are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Teacher Attitudes, Student Attitudes
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Joubert, Jody; Callaghan, Ronel; Engelbrecht, Johann – ZDM: The International Journal on Mathematics Education, 2020
Lesson study (LS) is a form of professional development, with a strong foundation in mathematics education, based on teachers collaborating to design lessons. This collaboration, however, can be challenging for isolated teachers. In 2017, a course was presented at the university to train 52 teachers from all over South Africa as well as Botswana…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Faculty Development, Communities of Practice, Teacher Collaboration
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Nwokedi, Peace Ginika; Khanare, Fumane Portia M. K. – Journal of Comparative and International Higher Education, 2020
This study uses the agentic capability theory of Albert Bandura (Bandura 2009; 2012) as its lens to explore international students' experiences in a South African higher educational institution. The agentic capability theory "adopts an agentic perspective toward human development, adaptation, and change" (Bandura 2006:164). This implies…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Students, Educational Experience, Educational Environment
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Phatudi, N. C. – Perspectives in Education, 2017
This paper is based on the exploration of township preschool teachers' perspectives of the act of caring. Caring has always been associated with women as they are seen as nurturers. Their role as mothers is regarded as a natural part of their being. This study explored preschool teachers' understanding of caring as well as its implementation.…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Preschool Children, Caring, Teacher Role
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Behari-Leak, Kasturi – Teaching in Higher Education, 2017
New academics entering higher education are especially vulnerable if teaching in a post-colonial classroom is not foregrounded as an explicit part of their professional induction. Drawing on a study of a professional development programme for induction to teaching, this paper explicates how six new academics confront specific challenges of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Beginning Teachers, Faculty Development
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Nel, Anca; Joubert, Ina; Hartell, Cycil – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2017
This qualitative study makes recommendations to help teachers understand how an outdoor learning environment could be designed and used to enrich perceptual development through sensory and motor stimulation for the Grade R learner. This was done by establishing design principles that create better teaching and learning environments from the…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Outdoor Education, Motor Development, Sensory Experience
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