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Re-Imagining Higher Education Leadership--In Conversation with South African Female Deputy Vice-Chancellors
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Moodly, Adéle L.; Toni, Noluthando M. – Perspectives in Education, 2017
Part of the decolonisation and transformation of higher education institutions is the re-construction of its leadership. This requires not only a review but also a dissolution of traditions, conventions and organisational forms that universities have inherited, including a re-imagining of leadership in higher education. Equity in representation of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Females, College Presidents
Influential Structures: Understanding the Role of the Head of Department in Relation to Women Academics' Research Careers
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Obers, Noëlle – Higher Education Research and Development, 2015
This study was conducted at a small "research-led" institution in South Africa. The data indicate that women produce less research than men and have low levels of professional self-esteem. Factors such as accrual of social capital, family responsibilities and self-esteem are constraints experienced by women academics in pursuing research…
Descriptors: Women Faculty, College Faculty, Department Heads, Administrator Role
Career Construction with a Gay Client: A Case Study
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Maree, Jacobus Gideon – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2014
This article reports on the value of career construction counselling (CCC) with a gay person. The participant was selected purposively, with the selection criteria calling for a mid-career woman who had sought career counselling. The intervention involved administration of the "Career Construction Interview" (CCI) and the creation of a…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Development, Homosexuality, Females
Adolescents' Perceived Career Challenges and Needs in a Disadvantaged Context in South Africa from a Social Cognitive Career Theoretical Perspective
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Buthelezi, T.; Alexander, D.; Seabi, J. – South African Journal of Higher Education, 2009
The study sought to understand adolescents' perceived career challenges and needs in a disadvantaged context using the Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT). A qualitative research design based on semi-structured interviews was conducted with 12 Grade 9 and Grade 10 learners from a disadvantaged background. The results of the study indicated a…
Descriptors: Research Design, Qualitative Research, Self Efficacy, Disadvantaged
Career Identities of First-Year Female Coloured Students
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Geldenhuys, Johanna; de Lange, Naydene – South African Journal of Education, 2007
It is a well-acknowledged fact that the role of women in society has been changing worldwide over recent decades and South Africa has not been exempt from this trend. Dramatic changes--politically, socially, economically and educationally--have occurred in South Africa since its first democratic, non-racial elections in 1994, which have affected…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Multiracial Persons, Blacks, Females
Teachers' Exodus in South African Schools: A Smoke with Burning Fire
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Lumadi, Mutendwahothe Walter – Contemporary Issues in Education Research, 2008
African teachers in general and South Africans in particular face tremendous challenges, several of which are curriculum related. These challenges manifest themselves at various levels and in various areas, that is, from national level to within the classroom. There are various role players who may make a contribution towards overcoming these…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Faculty Mobility, Educational Change, Disadvantaged Schools