Browsing by Subject "Identity formation"
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Adolescent experiences of sense of self in the context of family violence in a South African community
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)This study explored the self-identity constructions of South African adolescents with a history of family violence Twelve school learners were purposively selected for the study (11 females, ages 15-18 years) They completed ... -
Hear their voices: self-configuration experiences of learners with mild learning difficulties within the learner-teacher relationship
(Taylor & Francis, 2020)Within the learner–teacher relationship, learners receive messages of who they are in the eyes of the teacher and in this way their self-configuration is shaped by the interactions with their teacher. To understand their ... -
Horrors of the half-forgotten: explosive memories in Ivan Vladislavic's "The Firedogs"
(Institute for the Study of English in Africa (ISEA), 2017)The article presents the first scholarly engagement with Ivan Vladislavi?'s neglected short story "The Firedogs" (1996), which anticipates a concern that has gradually become more important in this author's work, namely ... -
Moving towards health promoting schools : spiritual well-being and lifestyle choices in adolescents
(North-West University, 2006)Increasingly adolescents are making unhealthy choices concerning their lifestyle. Behaviour patterns develop which are often carried into adulthood and become an established lifestyle pattern. Examples of these are the ... -
Placing the farm novel : space and place in female identity formation in Olive Schreiner's The story of an African farm and J.M. Coetzee's Disgrace
(North-West University, 2005)The farm in South Africa is an ideologically laden but also ambivalent concept, associated with pastoral ideals and the hierarchy of the colonial past; but also with fear and insecurity. The representation of the farm in ...