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Going to University. The Influence of Higher Education on the Lives of Young South Africans : The Influence of Higher Education on the Lives of Young South Africans / / Jennifer M. Case, Delia Marshall, Sioux McKenna and Disaapele Mogashana
| Going to University. The Influence of Higher Education on the Lives of Young South Africans : The Influence of Higher Education on the Lives of Young South Africans / / Jennifer M. Case, Delia Marshall, Sioux McKenna and Disaapele Mogashana |
| Autore | Case Jennifer M. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Baltimore, Maryland : , : Project Muse, , 2018 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (178 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 378.59 |
| Collana | African higher education dynamics series |
| Soggetto topico |
College students - South Africa
Education, Higher - South Africa Education, Higher - Aims and objectives - South Africa Education, Higher - Economic aspects - South Africa Education, Higher - Social aspects - South Africa |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-928331-70-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. Contextualising higher education -- 2. Navigating the undergraduate curriculum -- 3. Deliberations and decisions on study plans -- 4. The broader student experience -- 5. Non-completion of the first degree choice -- 6. Doing postgraduate studies -- 7. Entry to the workplace -- 8. The purposes of higher education. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910258744903321 |
Case Jennifer M.
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| Baltimore, Maryland : , : Project Muse, , 2018 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Low-Income Students, Human Development and Higher Education in South Africa : Opportunities, Obstacles and Outcomes
| Low-Income Students, Human Development and Higher Education in South Africa : Opportunities, Obstacles and Outcomes |
| Autore | Walker Melanie |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford : , : African Minds, , 2022 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (214 pages) |
| Disciplina | 378.1/9826942 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
McLeanMonica
MathebulaMikateko |
| Soggetto topico |
Education, Higher - Economic aspects - South Africa
Students - South Africa - Economic conditions |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Education, Rural
Inclusive Education Education, Higher Education |
| ISBN | 1-928502-40-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- About the authors -- Acknowledgements -- CHAPTER 1 - Raising 'learning outcomes' for inclusive higher education: The Miratho Project -- Rationale for pursuing the human development capability approach (CA) -- Methodology and methods of data generation -- Note on data analysis -- The longitudinal life-history interviews -- Participatory research -- Student survey -- Ethical conduct of the research -- Use of secondary datasets -- Capability-based learning outcomes in the Miratho Matrix -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER 2 - Capabilities and functionings: Reconceptualising learning outcomes -- Part 1: The capability approach, poverty and higher education -- Poverty reduction and the capability approach -- Higher education and the capability approach -- Part 2: Problematising 'learning outcomes' for inclusive higher education -- The politics of learning outcomes -- Measurement challenges -- Part 3: Learning outcomes as capability-based key functionings -- Learning outcomes at the level of teaching sessions and modules -- Learning outcomes at the level of programmes and institutions -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER 3 - A challenging context and intersectional conversion factors -- Objective conversion factors: Society and economy -- Objective conversion factors: University -- Foregrounding poverty -- Brief commentary on the hardship numbers -- Poverty and well-being of university students -- Subjective conversion factors emerging from life-history interviews -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER 4 - The Miratho Capabilitarian Matrix: Evaluating individual achievements and institutional arrangements -- Step one: A principled method -- Step two: Identifying capability domains and key functionings -- Epistemic contribution domain -- Ubuntu domain -- Practical reason domain -- Navigation domain -- Narrative domain.
Emotional balance domain -- Inclusion and participation domain -- Future work or study -- Step three: Miratho Matrix -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER 5 - Opportunities and obstacles in achieving higher education access -- Material conversion factors: Money/funding -- Educational conversion factors: Schooling -- Environmental conversion factors: Geography and community -- Geography -- Community -- Social conversion factors: Information and extended family and significant others -- Information -- Extended families and significant others -- Personal conversion factors: Attitudes, values and characteristics -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER 6 - Possibilities for student transformation through capability-enhancing university participation -- Part 1: Academic participation -- Material conversion factors and students' engagement in processes of learning -- Environmental conversion factors and students' experiences of university -- Social conversion factors and students' experiences of being at university -- Educational conversion factors -- Part 2: Non-academic participation -- Personal conversion factors and students' engagement in extra-curricular activities -- Conclusion: Conversion factors for university participation -- Summary of findings about capabilities for participation -- CHAPTER 7 - Pathways for moving on from university -- Part 1: Different pathways for moving on from university for Miratho students -- Further study pathway -- Employment pathway -- No pathway: Studies completed but unemployed -- Part 2: How conversion factors influenced moving-on pathways -- Educational conversion factors and their effect on labour market opportunities -- Material conversion factors and their influence on moving on -- Social conversion factors and their effects on moving on -- Environmental conversion factors and moving on -- Personal conversion factors and students' moving on. Conclusion -- CHAPTER 8 - Five students' life histories: Conversion factors, functionings and inequality -- Mashudu: Metro -- Life before university -- University access -- University participation -- Moving on from university -- Sonto: City -- Life before university -- University access -- University participation -- Moving on from university -- Aphiwe: Provincial -- Life before university -- University access -- University participation -- Moving on from university -- Madoda: Rural -- Life before university -- University access -- University participation -- Moving on from university -- Rimisa: Country -- Life before university -- University access -- University participation -- Moving on from university -- What these five life histories tell us about low-income university students -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER 9 - Access, participation and moving on for low-income youth -- Changing the informational basis for justice judgements -- Practical operationalisation of ideas -- Summary of findings -- Challenges and change -- Concluding thoughts -- Appendix A. Conversion factor tables for Ntando -- Appendix B. Ideas for the measurement of capability domains and functionings -- References -- Index -- Back cover. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910585983903321 |
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Walker Melanie
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| Oxford : , : African Minds, , 2022 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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