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Runciman, Carin – International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 2020
This research note considers gendered risks within survey research, which, it argues, are a frequently overlooked aspect of this form of quantitative research. By reflecting on the process of conducting exit polls in South Africa, the research note highlights the importance of discussing the gendered practice of research and sexualized harassment…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Risk, Surveys, Foreign Countries
Corene de Wet – Perspectives in Education, 2024
This qualitative media study, undertaken within an interpretative research paradigm, aims to expand our knowledge of sexual violence perpetrated against learners in South African public and private schools. Due to ethical, normative and methodological barriers surrounding research on sexual violence in schools, South African English language…
Descriptors: Violence, Sexual Abuse, School Safety, Foreign Countries
Rudzani Israel Lumadi – Perspectives in Education, 2024
School violence plays a significant role in shaping a school's culture and climate, which can have an impact on the participation and performance of learners in secondary education. In many instances, school violence can hinder the educational aspirations of learners. This paper investigates the impact of school violence on learners through the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Violence, School Culture, Educational Environment
Khumalo, Shuti Steph – Problems of Education in the 21st Century, 2021
School leadership research has provided extensive empirical evidence which shows that women as school leaders face challenges on many fronts. The objective of this study was to provide insight regarding the challenges that female primary school principals face, in the Waterberg Education District, Limpopo Province, South Africa. These challenges…
Descriptors: Principals, Women Administrators, Social Justice, Administrator Attitudes
Mayeza, Emmanuel; Bhana, Deevia – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2020
This study draws on focus group discussions to explore how 12- to 14-year-old boys in a low economic township primary school in South Africa construct their hegemonic identity as "real boys" in the school playground during break. Addressing masculinity and boys' investment in power is now a major research development in the country,…
Descriptors: Males, Sexual Orientation, Masculinity, Low Income Groups
Lee, Sora; Rudolf, Robert – South African Journal of Education, 2022
Children in sub-Saharan African countries face higher exposure to gender-based violence (GBV) compared to their counterparts in other world regions (United Nations Children's Fund [UNICEF], 2014). When GBV occurs in schools, it severely endangers access to education. Using the third round of data of the Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Bias, Educational Environment, Access to Education
Ngidi, Ndumiso Daluxolo; Moletsane, Relebohile – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2019
This article examines the vulnerability of orphans to sexual violence in and around their township secondary school. Using photovoice as a methodology with which to unearth these experiences and narratives, we examine how such an approach might engage the voices of orphans to inform thinking regarding sexual violence. Our analysis was informed by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, At Risk Persons, Violence, Sexual Abuse
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
Nyokangi, Doris; Phasha, Nareadi – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2016
Background: This paper reports part of the findings of a study which exposed sexual violence in schools for learners with mild intellectual disability in South Africa. Special attention was paid on factors contributing to such a problem. Methods: Data were collected using focus groups and individual interviews with 16 learners with mild…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Violence, Sexual Harassment, Sexual Abuse
Groves, Allison K.; Kagee, Ashraf; Maman, Suzanne; Moodley, Dhayendre; Rouse, Petrica – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2012
Intimate partner violence (IPV) during pregnancy has been associated with multiple negative health outcomes including emotional distress during pregnancy. However, little is known about IPV during pregnancy and its association with emotional distress among South African women. The objectives of this study were to determine the prevalence of both…
Descriptors: Pregnancy, Females, Foreign Countries, Incidence
White, C. J.; Gina, J. M.; Coetzee, I. E. M. – Educational Studies, 2015
This article is based on research conducted on the topic: "Safety and security in schools: The case of KwaZulu-Natal." For the research project a purposive sample consisting of secondary school learners, teachers, school governing body chairpersons and principals were selected from the rural and township schools used in this study to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Safety, Secondary School Students, Secondary School Teachers
Bhana, Deevia – International Journal of Educational Development, 2012
Interviews conducted with township girls in South Africa show enduring experiences of sexual violence both in and out of the school. Fear of boys and men were articulated in relation to boyfriends, male teachers, men in the township neighbourhood and men in the home. While the girls attempted to exercise agency in arresting their fears, these…
Descriptors: Violence, Sexual Harassment, Females, Childrens Rights
de Lange, Naydene; Geldenhuys, Mart-Mari – South African Journal of Education, 2012
Gender-based violence is pervasive in South African society and is often seen as the driver of HIV, particularly affecting youth. Rural KwaZulu-Natal, where we have been working in a district in an on-going university-school partnership, is noted as the epicentre of the epidemic. The two secondary schools in this study were therefore conveniently…
Descriptors: Grade 9, Secondary School Students, College School Cooperation, Qualitative Research
Barnes, Kalie; Brynard, Susette; de Wet, Corene – South African Journal of Education, 2012
This article reports on research undertaken about the influence of school culture and school climate on violence at schools in the Eastern Cape. An adapted California School Climate and Survey-Short Form (CSCSS-SF), which was used as the data-collection instrument, was completed by 900 Grade 10 to 12 learners. With the assistance of Pearson's…
Descriptors: School Culture, Educational Environment, Violence, Influences
Lumadi, Mutendwahothe Walter – Contemporary Issues in Education Research, 2008
In 2004 South Africa embarked on a mission of reforming its higher education system, merging and incorporating small universities into larger institutions, and renaming all higher education institutions university. The democratic country's universities and technikons, which were incorporated with others and thus no longer exist, will be mentioned…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, College Students, Student Behavior
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