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PALAR as a methodology for community engagement by faculties of education
(Education Association of South Africa (EASA), 2013)
Community engagement (CE) is a core function of the university in South Africa. In the field of
education, the imperative to pursue and promote CE provides an exciting opportunity for
researchers to work with school ...
Improving the work climate in a TVET college through changing conversations
(Taylor & Francis, 2018)
As an HRD manager in a college, I am responsible for employee wellness
within the organisation. However the culture of the college in which I
work is toxic, characterised by bullying, destructive leadership, gossip ...
Read me to resilience : exploring the use of cultural stories to boost the positive adjustment of children orphaned by AIDS
(Taylor & Francis, 2012)
The study explored whether and how culturally sensitive stories can encourage resilience in young children orphaned by AIDS. The purpose of the investigation was allied to the paradigm of positive psychology, which focuses ...
How youth picture gender injustice: building skills for HIV prevention through a participatory, arts-based approach
(Education Association of South Africa (EASA), 2012)
Based on the existing literature on the positive relationship that exists between high
instances of HIV infections and a high degree of gender injustices in southern Africa,
there is clearly a need for HIV-prevention ...
Supporting Lesotho teachers to develop resilience in the face of the HIV and AIDS pandemic
(Elsevier, 2012)
HIV and AIDS threaten to erode the wellbeing of teachers who are faced with an increasing number of children rendered vulnerable by the pandemic. This article explores the usefulness of a supportive group intervention, ...
Treating 'AIDS blindness': a critical pedagogical approach to HIV education at tertiary level
(Routledge, 2014)
HIV and AIDS affect all South Africans, irrespective of gender, race, age and economic status. Teachers should
therefore be able to meaningfully integrate HIV content into the school curriculum. However, pre-service ...
Values-based self-reflective action research for promoting gender equality: some unexpected lessons
(University of the Free State, 2014)
The idea of using values as a means of guiding our research decisions and judging the
validity of our claims of knowledge is well established in literature on the self-reflective
genre of action research. Values in action ...
Assisting school management teams to construct their school improvement plans: an action learning approach
(Education Association of SA (EASA), 2014)
This article reports on a first cycle of a larger action research study conducted to determine how Circuit Teams could support School Management Teams of underperforming high schools towards whole-school development. ...
'You learn from going through the process': the perceptions of South African school leaders about action research
(SAGE, 2013)
In South Africa, the under-resourced and socially challenging contexts in which the
majority of schools function, calls for leadership that has the vision to look beyond
seemingly insurmountable problems. South African ...
Helping learners think more hopefully about life after school: the usefulness of participartory visual strategies to make career education more contextually relevant
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2015)
Learners living in challenging socio-economic circumstances face limited opportunities
for further education and employment. In this context, formal career guidance which
merely provides information about specific jobs ...