Browsing by Subject "Agency"
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Digital media, the body and agency in a South African education institution from the perspective of narrative research
(AOSIS, 2020)In developing countries, digital media have created uneven nexuses of literacy, power and societal adjustment. Whilst literacy and power have been the subject of much research in South Africa, often supporting a conception ... -
The empowerment of local development NPOs as agents for social change through participatory communication / L. dos Santos.
(North-West University (South Africa), Potchefstroom Campus, 2018)This study explores how participatory communication can be used as an empowering process for small local Non-Profit Organisations (NPOs) in becoming agents of social change. The theoretical basis for the study is participatory ... -
Equipping teachers to support learners with psychosocial challenges: the potential of a linked PALAR-Life Design process
(North-West University, 2018)In this thesis, I propose a linked Participatory Action learning and Action Research (PALAR) and Life Design (LD) process, as a means of equipping teachers to support learners experiencing psychosocial challenges. As an ... -
Integrating adolescent girls' voices on sexual decision making in the Life Orientation Sexuality Education Programme
(2012)The aim of this research study was to find out how adolescent girls engage in the process of sexual decision making in order to make recommendations for the development and presentation of the current Life Orientation ... -
The nature and dynamics of coping with induced abortion in young adult women
(North-West University (South-Africa), 2019)This study was motivated by a strong appeal that more than two decades after the implementation of the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act (South Africa, 1996), the promise of access regarding pre- and post-abortion ... -
Quality education and professionalism in South African public education : an education law perspective
(North-West University (South Africa), Potchefstroom Campus, 2017)The search for quality education has been a major focus of the post-apartheid South Africa, and also a major part of the robust academic, school governance, public and political debates in South Africa for the past two ... -
Die verkenning en bevordering van selfregulering vanuit 'n kreatiwiteitsperspektief
(North-West University, 2012)The construct of self-regulation has been well researched, however, no comprehensive approach is available for promoting self-regulation as a strength operating in an integrated process, and, furthermore, current research ... -
What helps young care leavers to enter the world of work? Possible lessons learned from an exploratory study in Ireland and Catalonia
(Pergamon–Elsevier Science Ltd, 2015)Work is important for promoting social inclusion, especially for marginalized or economically vulnerable populations. There is also evidence that work is associated with stability and social integration for young people ...