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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Visualize Our Perspective: Using Photovoice to Document Students’ College Experiences

Clouse, Diane E. 15 October 2015 (has links)
No description available.
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Improving Interactions between International Students and Domestic Students, Faculty and Staff: A Mixed Methods Action Research Study

Marschner, Daniel P. 03 June 2016 (has links)
No description available.
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Necessary connections: “Feelings photographs” in criminal justice research

Rogers, Chrissie 22 June 2020 (has links)
Yes / Visual representations of prisons and their inmates are common in the news and social media, with stories about riots, squalor, drugs, selfharm and suicide hitting the headlines. Prisoners’ families are left to worry about the implications of such events on their kin, while those incarcerated and less able to understand social cues, norms and rules, are vulnerable to deteriorating mental health at best, to death at worst. As part of the life-story method in my research with offenders who are on the autism spectrum, have mental health problems and/or have learning difficulties, and prisoner’s mothers, I asked participants to take photographs, reflecting upon their experiences. Photographs in this case, were primarily used to help respondents consider and articulate their feelings in follow-up interviews. Notably, seeing (and imagining) is often how we make a connection to something (object or feeling), or someone (relationships), such that images in fiction, news/social media, drama, art, film and photographs can shape the way people think and behave – indeed feel about things and people. Images and representations ought to be taken seriously in researching social life, as how we interpret photographs, paintings, stories and television shows is based on our own imaginings, biography, culture and history. Therefore, we look at and process an image before words escape, by ‘seeing’ and imagining. How my participants and I ‘collaborate’ in doing visual methods and then how we make meaning of the photographs in storying their feelings, is insightful. As it is, I wanted to enable my participants to make and create their own stories via their photographs and narratives, whilst connecting to them, along with my own interpretation and subjectivities. / The Leverhulme Trust RF-2016-613\8
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Mapping Business Model Success Factors in Low Populated Developing Areas - A Minor Field Study in Northern Namibia with Focus on Agricultural Technology / Kartläggning av framgångsfaktorer för affärsmodeller i lågbefolkade utvecklingsområden - En fältstudie i norra Namibia med fokus på lantbruksteknik

Canclini, Sofia, Liang, Victor January 2018 (has links)
Namibia has the third lowest population density in the world and a large part of the population are dependent on small-scale subsistence farming for survival. What was found during the study is that large distances between communities has created challenges in terms of infrastructure, logistics and communication. These factors needsto be taken into consideration when conducting or starting business. This research examined success factors in existing business initiatives by and for rural farmers in northern Namibia with focus on the implementation of new technology that supports everyday work. Previous literature shows that the best way to implement and startbusiness in scarcely populated areas has not eectively been addressed. The purpose of this study is to gain a general understanding of the context and identify business model success. An eight-week eld study was performed in Namibia during spring of2018. Empirical data was gathered through qualitative interviews and workshops with farmers and business initiative takers that focus on the cultivation and processing of the staple grain mahangu. The main ndings from the research is that more businesses are forming in these rural areas and farmers are slowly adapting to the benets thatnew technology entails, although, full acceptance of new tools is slower due to the long distances, low income, and deeply rooted traditions. A major success-factor is to increase availability through small-scale empowerment of many farmers. Having many smaller businesses in a large area will increase the availability which in turn will lead to increased spread and adaption of technology. The long term benets of new businesses can support the development of the country and also increase quality of life for rural people. It was also identied that a large part of the population conduct business on the informal markets, which implies that no taxes are paid. For future research it is recommended to investigate how a transition from the informal to formal market can aect the lives of the farmers but also the national development of the country. / Namibia har den tredje lägsta befolkningstätheten i världen och en stor del av befolkningen är beroende av småskaligt lantbruk för att överleva. Det som konstaterats under studien är att stora avstånd mellan befolkningen skapar nya utmaningar när det gäller infrastruktur, logistik och kommunikation. Dessa faktorer måste beaktas vid genomförande eller påbörjande av nya verksamheter. Denna forskning undersökte framgångsfaktorer inom befintliga affärsverksamheter, av och för lantbrukare i norra Namibia med fokus på implementering av ny teknik som stödjer och underlättar det dagliga arbetet. Tidigare litteratur påvisade att nuvarande forskning, gällande det bästa sättet att genomföra och starta verksamheter i områden med låg befolkningstäthet för självförsörjande bönder är begränsad. Syftet med denna studie är att skapa en generell förståelse för sammanhanget och identifiera framgångsfaktorer för existerande affärsmodeller. En 8-veckor lång fältstudie utfördes i Namibia under våren 2018. Empirisk data samlades genom kvalitativa intervjuer och workshops med bönder och affärsinitiativtagare som fokuserar på odling och bearbetning av basgrödan mahangu. Resultat visar att ny teknologi är på uppgång och bönder anpassar sig, om än långsamt, till de fördelar som ny teknik innebär. Full acceptans av nya verktyg är emellertid långsam. Detta på grund av långa avstånd, låg inkomst och djupt rotade traditioner. En viktig framgångsfaktor vore att stötta småskaliga jordbruksentreprenörer. Att ha många mindre företag i ett stort område ökar tillgängligheten vilket i sin tur leder till ökad spridning, acceptans och anpassning av ny teknik. De långsiktiga fördelarna med nya företag är att de kan öka livskvaliteten för landsbygden därmed stödja Namibias övergripande utveckling. Det identfierades också att en stor del av befolkningen bedriver verksamhet påde informella marknaderna, vilket innebär att inga skatter betalas. För framtida forskning rekommenderas att undersöka hur en övergång från den informella till den formella marknaden kan påverka böndernas liv, men också landets nationella utveckling.
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Do lixo à mercadoria, do trabalho  ao desgaste: estudo do processo de trabalho e suas implicações na saúde de catadores de materiais recicláveis / From trash to merchandise, from work to health weathering: a study of the work process and its implications on the health of recyclable waste collectors

Galon, Tanyse 31 March 2015 (has links)
O trabalho dos catadores de materiais recicláveis, embora promova ganhos ambientais à sociedade e econômicos à cadeia de reciclagem, está inserido no contexto de informalidade e invisibilidade social. Esses trabalhadores conferem ao lixo o caráter de nova mercadoria com valor de troca, porém sofrem o processo de desgaste da saúde. Este estudo teve como objetivo compreender o processo de trabalho e suas implicações na saúde de catadores de materiais recicláveis, por meio da participação ativa dos próprios trabalhadores. Trata-se de uma pesquisa qualitativa, desenvolvida com um grupo de catadores autônomos da cidade de Ribeirão Preto - SP, que vendem seus materiais para uma empresa de comércio de recicláveis. A coleta de dados foi desenvolvida entre maio e dezembro de 2013 por meio das seguintes etapas: 1. Observação do trabalho dos catadores durante o processo de venda dos materiais na empresa, com registro dos dados em diário de campo; 2. Entrevistas individuais e semi-estruturadas com 23 catadores, selecionados por meio da amostragem por saturação teórica; 3. Aplicação do método Fotovoz com a participação de dez catadores, visando compreender o cotidiano de trabalho e as circunstâncias que poderiam levá-los ao desgaste da saúde. Nesta etapa, os trabalhadores produziram e apresentaram suas fotografias em grupos de discussão, gerando temas de análise que foram complementados pelas entrevistas individuais, formando um corpus de materialidade essencial para o alcance dos objetivos da pesquisa. O referencial teórico adotado foi o materialismo histórico no estudo da saúde dos trabalhadores. Os dados foram analisados a partir da Hermenêutica-Dialética, que permitiu um salto interpretativo no encontro entre as categorias empíricas e analíticas. Os resultados foram descritos e analisados em torno de quatro categorias temáticas: Condição do catador no interior da cadeia produtiva; Cotidiano de trabalho: \"O catador se vira como pode\"; Cargas de trabalho: manifestações da precarização laboral; Do trabalho ao desgaste da saúde. Os catadores vivenciam um cotidiano laboral caracterizado pela falta de recursos instrumentais e desvalorização do trabalho, intensificado por sua inserção desigual na cadeia de reciclagem, o que se materializa na baixa renda adquirida e no trabalho dominado e explorado. Os catadores também enfrentam cargas laborais, dentre elas a exposição a materiais biológicos, risco de atropelamento, peso excessivo no transporte dos recicláveis e preconceito e desvalorização do trabalho. Tais circunstâncias são agravadas pela ausência de recursos de segurança no trabalho, visto que estão inseridos no mercado informal, sem direitos trabalhistas. Como manifestações do desgaste da saúde, os catadores relataram problemas osteomusculares, ansiedade, estresse e ocorrência de acidentes de trabalho, situações que são potencializadas pela falta de acesso a serviços de saúde e pela necessidade de sobrevivência em detrimento da proteção à saúde. Por fim, considera-se que os catadores necessitam de valorização laboral e de políticas públicas efetivas voltadas à melhoria de suas condições de trabalho e saúde / Even though it promotes environmental gains to the society and economic benefits to the recycling chain, the work of recyclable waste collectors is placed in the context of informality and social invisibility. These workers transform the waste in new merchandise with trade value, but suffer the health weathering process. This study aimed to understand the working process and its implications on the health of recyclable waste collectors through the active participation of the workers. This is a qualitative research, developed with a group of recyclable waste collectors of the city of Ribeirão Preto - SP, that sell their materials for a recycling company. Data collection was carried out between May and December 2013 and followed three steps: 1. Observation of workers on the sale process in the company, recording the data in a field diary; 2. Individual and semi-structured interviews with 23 collectors selected by saturation sampling; 3. Photovoice methodology with the participation of ten waste collectors, in order to understand the perceptions about the work and their implications for health. At this stage, workers produced and presented their pictures in discussion groups, generating central themes that were complemented by individual interviews, producing a set of materials that were essential to achieve the research objectives. The theoretical framework was the historical materialism in the study of the health of workers. Data was analyzed from dialectical hermeneutics, which allowed the scope of interpretation through the articulation between empirical and analytical categories. The results were described and analyzed through four themes: Condition of collector in the production chain; Work routine: \"The collector does what he can\"; Workloads: manifestations of precarious working conditions; From the work to health weathering. The recyclable waste collectors experience a labor characterized by a lack of instrumental resources and devaluation of work, intensified by their unequal insertion in the recycling chain, expressed by low income acquired and by the dominated and exploited labor. They also face various workloads, including exposure to biological materials, trampling risk, transport of high amount of recyclable materials and prejudice and devaluation of work performed. Such circumstances are aggravated by the lack of safety promotion resources at work, as they are inserted in the informal market and deprived of labor rights. As the health weathering manifestations, the collectors reported musculoskeletal problems, anxiety, stress and work accidents. These situations are enhanced by the lack of access to health services and the need for survival at the expense of health protection. Finally, it is considered that the recyclable waste collectors need more social recognize and effective public policies in order to improve the work and health conditions
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Do lixo à mercadoria, do trabalho  ao desgaste: estudo do processo de trabalho e suas implicações na saúde de catadores de materiais recicláveis / From trash to merchandise, from work to health weathering: a study of the work process and its implications on the health of recyclable waste collectors

Tanyse Galon 31 March 2015 (has links)
O trabalho dos catadores de materiais recicláveis, embora promova ganhos ambientais à sociedade e econômicos à cadeia de reciclagem, está inserido no contexto de informalidade e invisibilidade social. Esses trabalhadores conferem ao lixo o caráter de nova mercadoria com valor de troca, porém sofrem o processo de desgaste da saúde. Este estudo teve como objetivo compreender o processo de trabalho e suas implicações na saúde de catadores de materiais recicláveis, por meio da participação ativa dos próprios trabalhadores. Trata-se de uma pesquisa qualitativa, desenvolvida com um grupo de catadores autônomos da cidade de Ribeirão Preto - SP, que vendem seus materiais para uma empresa de comércio de recicláveis. A coleta de dados foi desenvolvida entre maio e dezembro de 2013 por meio das seguintes etapas: 1. Observação do trabalho dos catadores durante o processo de venda dos materiais na empresa, com registro dos dados em diário de campo; 2. Entrevistas individuais e semi-estruturadas com 23 catadores, selecionados por meio da amostragem por saturação teórica; 3. Aplicação do método Fotovoz com a participação de dez catadores, visando compreender o cotidiano de trabalho e as circunstâncias que poderiam levá-los ao desgaste da saúde. Nesta etapa, os trabalhadores produziram e apresentaram suas fotografias em grupos de discussão, gerando temas de análise que foram complementados pelas entrevistas individuais, formando um corpus de materialidade essencial para o alcance dos objetivos da pesquisa. O referencial teórico adotado foi o materialismo histórico no estudo da saúde dos trabalhadores. Os dados foram analisados a partir da Hermenêutica-Dialética, que permitiu um salto interpretativo no encontro entre as categorias empíricas e analíticas. Os resultados foram descritos e analisados em torno de quatro categorias temáticas: Condição do catador no interior da cadeia produtiva; Cotidiano de trabalho: \"O catador se vira como pode\"; Cargas de trabalho: manifestações da precarização laboral; Do trabalho ao desgaste da saúde. Os catadores vivenciam um cotidiano laboral caracterizado pela falta de recursos instrumentais e desvalorização do trabalho, intensificado por sua inserção desigual na cadeia de reciclagem, o que se materializa na baixa renda adquirida e no trabalho dominado e explorado. Os catadores também enfrentam cargas laborais, dentre elas a exposição a materiais biológicos, risco de atropelamento, peso excessivo no transporte dos recicláveis e preconceito e desvalorização do trabalho. Tais circunstâncias são agravadas pela ausência de recursos de segurança no trabalho, visto que estão inseridos no mercado informal, sem direitos trabalhistas. Como manifestações do desgaste da saúde, os catadores relataram problemas osteomusculares, ansiedade, estresse e ocorrência de acidentes de trabalho, situações que são potencializadas pela falta de acesso a serviços de saúde e pela necessidade de sobrevivência em detrimento da proteção à saúde. Por fim, considera-se que os catadores necessitam de valorização laboral e de políticas públicas efetivas voltadas à melhoria de suas condições de trabalho e saúde / Even though it promotes environmental gains to the society and economic benefits to the recycling chain, the work of recyclable waste collectors is placed in the context of informality and social invisibility. These workers transform the waste in new merchandise with trade value, but suffer the health weathering process. This study aimed to understand the working process and its implications on the health of recyclable waste collectors through the active participation of the workers. This is a qualitative research, developed with a group of recyclable waste collectors of the city of Ribeirão Preto - SP, that sell their materials for a recycling company. Data collection was carried out between May and December 2013 and followed three steps: 1. Observation of workers on the sale process in the company, recording the data in a field diary; 2. Individual and semi-structured interviews with 23 collectors selected by saturation sampling; 3. Photovoice methodology with the participation of ten waste collectors, in order to understand the perceptions about the work and their implications for health. At this stage, workers produced and presented their pictures in discussion groups, generating central themes that were complemented by individual interviews, producing a set of materials that were essential to achieve the research objectives. The theoretical framework was the historical materialism in the study of the health of workers. Data was analyzed from dialectical hermeneutics, which allowed the scope of interpretation through the articulation between empirical and analytical categories. The results were described and analyzed through four themes: Condition of collector in the production chain; Work routine: \"The collector does what he can\"; Workloads: manifestations of precarious working conditions; From the work to health weathering. The recyclable waste collectors experience a labor characterized by a lack of instrumental resources and devaluation of work, intensified by their unequal insertion in the recycling chain, expressed by low income acquired and by the dominated and exploited labor. They also face various workloads, including exposure to biological materials, trampling risk, transport of high amount of recyclable materials and prejudice and devaluation of work performed. Such circumstances are aggravated by the lack of safety promotion resources at work, as they are inserted in the informal market and deprived of labor rights. As the health weathering manifestations, the collectors reported musculoskeletal problems, anxiety, stress and work accidents. These situations are enhanced by the lack of access to health services and the need for survival at the expense of health protection. Finally, it is considered that the recyclable waste collectors need more social recognize and effective public policies in order to improve the work and health conditions
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EMPOWERING HIDDEN VOICES: A PHOTO NARRATION OF COMMUNITY FOOD NEEDS BY TWO CROSS-TOWN MIDDLE SCHOOLS IN KENTUCKY

Summey, Tori E. 01 January 2018 (has links)
Children are among those most directly affected by food insecurity, a condition in which households lack access to adequate food because of money or other resources (Gundersen & Ziliak, 2015). According to the latest United States Department of Agriculture (2016) reporting, 1 in 5 children experiences hunger on a daily basis. That ratio increases for African American and Latino children whom experience 1 in 3 ratios. While many programs exist to address this growing problem among youth and impoverished families, the efficacy of those programs is yet to be determined and the problem of hunger in America persists. This qualitative research study utilized an innovative methodological approach to explore youth food justice narratives from two cross-town middle schools in Kentucky. Through the use of photos, students identified several factors that influence their ability to meet their food needs and areas of inequity within their community. Strategies were provided for policymakers and educators to address these issues.
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Just Love: A Collaborative Evaluation of a Faith-Based School-Family-Community Partnership Through the Voices of the Children

Henry, Lynette M. 26 June 2014 (has links)
Abstract Faith-based school-family-community partnerships have been a federal mandate over the past decade, yet little has been written about the outcomes of these faith-based partnerships. A need exists to understand if the potential in these faith-based partnerships is indeed realized in positive outcomes for students and schools. The purpose of this study was to evaluate a faith-based school-family-community partnership, Just Love. Just Love is a faith-based school-family-community partnership between a large suburban church and a Title 1, urban elementary school, Charisma Elementary School (Charisma ES; pseudonym). It was implemented in what is considered a "failing school". Just Love's purpose was to have the volunteers from the church provide love, care, supportive adult relationships and service to the teachers, students, and parents of Charisma ES through a comprehensive, systemic program: Just Mentor (i.e., a school-based mentoring program), Just Connect (i.e., a classroom adoption program), and Just Rewards (i.e., a school wide student incentives/rewards and parent involvement program). The Bryan and Henry (2012) School-Family-Community Partnership Process Model was used in developing Just Love. The Model for Collaborative Evaluations (MCE) (Rodriguez-Campos, 2005) was used in this evaluation to actively engage stakeholders during the evaluation process and to answer the evaluation questions (Rodriguez-Campos & Rincones-Gomez, 2012). A mixed methods research design was used. Differences in student outcomes (i.e. academic, behavior and attendance) were examined between Charisma ES and another matching school without a faith-based school-family-community partnership were analyzed with descriptive statistics, paired T-tests, and mixed ANOVAs. Student outcomes were also investigated relevant to different aspects of the Just Love programs including adopted classrooms compared to non-adopted classrooms and mentored students compared to non-mentored students. In addition, this study gave 20 children (i.e., mentees) who had experienced all aspects of the Just Love programs an opportunity to share their perceived satisfactions, experiences, challenges and recommendations regarding Just Love through the method of photo elicitation including picture selection and interviews (DeMarie, 2010; Harper, 2002). The transcribed data from the interviews and the pictures used in the photo-elicitation process were analyzed using thematic analysis with a focus on capturing the voices of the students. Student outcome data were collected for three years from 2010-2013, with 2009 as a baseline year. The findings from the quantitative aspect of this study revealed that students in Charisma ES made significantly greater gains in reading than students in Joseph ES following the implementation of the partnership. Further, number of disciplinary referrals decreased dramatically at Charisma ES in contrast to Joseph ES whose disciplinary referrals increased. Attendance rates differed significantly between the two schools with students in Joseph Elementary School having higher attendance rates than students in Charisma Elementary School. On average, both adopted and non-adopted classes made gains in reading in each of the three years although adopted classes appeared to have higher reading scores in 2011-2012 than non-adopted classes. The average number of disciplinary referrals per class was lower for adopted classes than for non-adopted classes in 2011-2012, one academic year after the Just Love partnership program was implemented. Concerning attendance, there were no significant differences in attendance rates between students in adopted and non-adopted classes at Charisma ES, Mentored students at Charisma made significant improvements in reading. They also had a dramatically lower average number of disciplinary referrals than non-mentored students in 2012-2013, just two years after the Just Love partnership was implemented. When compared to non-mentored students, mentored students had significantly higher attendance than non-mentored students in 2011-2012, just one year after the Just Love partnership began. Further, attendance appeared to have a positive relation to the number of years students were mentored. Findings from the qualitative aspect of this study were captured using thematic analysis of the children's perceived satisfactions, experiences, challenges and recommendations concerning Just Love. The six categories that emerged from the data were (a) perceptions of Just Love, (b) positive feelings, (c) positive relationships and connectedness, (d) classroom and school climate, (e) experiences, and (f) support and resources. Each of these categories comprised a number of themes that aligned with identified protective factors and developmental assets necessary for the resiliency of and successful outcomes for children. Taken together, the findings reveal that Just Love, a faith-based school-family-community partnership contributed to improved student outcomes in reading achievement, behavior and attendance and provided important protective factors and developmental assets for the children in Charisma ES. The Just Love partnership program presents a viable model for schools, school districts, and faith-based and community organizations that have a desire to foster resilience in children at-risk, generate positive academic, behavior, and attendance outcomes for children and decrease the chances of children growing up and developing risky behaviors. Implications for practice, training, evaluation, policy, and future research are discussed.
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Curriculum implications for gender equity in human rights education /|cShan Simmonds.

Simmonds, Shan Robyn January 2013 (has links)
The Gender Equity Task Team’s (1997) report, Gender Equity in Education, recommends that further research be done to identify the practices perpetuating inequitable gender relations in classrooms and to provide guidelines for teachers and learners to understand the meaning of the gender issues presented in the curriculum (South Africa, 1997:14&16). This research study echoes some of the desires of The Gender Equity Task Team through an exploration that engages with the extent to which gender equity is enacted in Human Rights Education curricula. In particular, the aims of this research study were to; • contest and deconstruct the notion ‘gender equity’ from scholarly perspectives as well as from explicit curriculum, female teachers’ and schoolgirls’ narratives, so as to create an awareness of gender equity in society and curriculum; and • engage with Human Rights Education pedagogical approaches so as to consider the promotion of gender equity through Human Rights Education curricula. The aims of the study were explored through a theoretical framework that engaged with Human Rights Education -, curriculum -, feminist - and gender studies theories. The methodological framework was that of qualitative narrative inquiry. A purposeful sample consisting of South African national curriculum policy documents as well as secondary school female teachers and Grade 9 schoolgirls in semi-rural and inner-city environments was selected. Document research, semi-structured one-on-one interviews and narrative-photovoice were the data collection methods, and critical discourse analysis the analytical framework. These theoretical and methodological stances were purposefully selected juxtaposed to the interests of the international SANPAD (South Africa Netherlands Research Programme on Alternatives in Development) project in which this research study resides, entitled: ‘Human Rights Education in diversity: Empowering girls in rural and metropolitan school environments’ (Roux, 2009). The findings and interpretations derived from the empirical data reveal that the formal Human Rights Education curriculum portrays gender and gender equity nuances as health, social and wellbeing dilemmas that have detrimental and destructive consequences on individuals and on society as a whole. The female teachers and schoolgirls experience gender equity primarily in terms of sameness and ‘being equal’. The elusive, complex nature of gender equity was not prevalent. However, the lived experiences of some female teachers and schoolgirls demonstrated the situatedness of their gender identity through the hidden curriculum and reinforced the notion of gender equity as a social construct. The findings of this research study have refined my understanding of the nuances of gender and gender equity, creating in me a deeper awareness of these concepts. This awareness permeates my vision of the curriculum in particular and the education system and society in general, and makes me want to strive toward fostering transformative curriculum spaces. Another contribution of this research study emerged from the desire to elicit schoolgirls’ narratives with the aid of photographs. By disrupting the boundaries between narrative and photovoice as data collection methods, narrative-photovoice was coined as a methodological contribution to this research study. The value of narrative-photovoice for and within gender studies research is also revealed. The third contribution of this research study emerged in response to the need to enrich the concept of gender equity within Human Rights Education. In effect, critical human rights literacy (HRLit) was conceptualized as a developing normative theory to deconstruct the discursive spaces emerging in Human Rights Education and to critically engage with their meanings. / Thesis (PhD (Curriculum Development Innovation and Evaluation))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2013.
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Curriculum implications for gender equity in human rights education /|cShan Simmonds.

Simmonds, Shan Robyn January 2013 (has links)
The Gender Equity Task Team’s (1997) report, Gender Equity in Education, recommends that further research be done to identify the practices perpetuating inequitable gender relations in classrooms and to provide guidelines for teachers and learners to understand the meaning of the gender issues presented in the curriculum (South Africa, 1997:14&16). This research study echoes some of the desires of The Gender Equity Task Team through an exploration that engages with the extent to which gender equity is enacted in Human Rights Education curricula. In particular, the aims of this research study were to; • contest and deconstruct the notion ‘gender equity’ from scholarly perspectives as well as from explicit curriculum, female teachers’ and schoolgirls’ narratives, so as to create an awareness of gender equity in society and curriculum; and • engage with Human Rights Education pedagogical approaches so as to consider the promotion of gender equity through Human Rights Education curricula. The aims of the study were explored through a theoretical framework that engaged with Human Rights Education -, curriculum -, feminist - and gender studies theories. The methodological framework was that of qualitative narrative inquiry. A purposeful sample consisting of South African national curriculum policy documents as well as secondary school female teachers and Grade 9 schoolgirls in semi-rural and inner-city environments was selected. Document research, semi-structured one-on-one interviews and narrative-photovoice were the data collection methods, and critical discourse analysis the analytical framework. These theoretical and methodological stances were purposefully selected juxtaposed to the interests of the international SANPAD (South Africa Netherlands Research Programme on Alternatives in Development) project in which this research study resides, entitled: ‘Human Rights Education in diversity: Empowering girls in rural and metropolitan school environments’ (Roux, 2009). The findings and interpretations derived from the empirical data reveal that the formal Human Rights Education curriculum portrays gender and gender equity nuances as health, social and wellbeing dilemmas that have detrimental and destructive consequences on individuals and on society as a whole. The female teachers and schoolgirls experience gender equity primarily in terms of sameness and ‘being equal’. The elusive, complex nature of gender equity was not prevalent. However, the lived experiences of some female teachers and schoolgirls demonstrated the situatedness of their gender identity through the hidden curriculum and reinforced the notion of gender equity as a social construct. The findings of this research study have refined my understanding of the nuances of gender and gender equity, creating in me a deeper awareness of these concepts. This awareness permeates my vision of the curriculum in particular and the education system and society in general, and makes me want to strive toward fostering transformative curriculum spaces. Another contribution of this research study emerged from the desire to elicit schoolgirls’ narratives with the aid of photographs. By disrupting the boundaries between narrative and photovoice as data collection methods, narrative-photovoice was coined as a methodological contribution to this research study. The value of narrative-photovoice for and within gender studies research is also revealed. The third contribution of this research study emerged in response to the need to enrich the concept of gender equity within Human Rights Education. In effect, critical human rights literacy (HRLit) was conceptualized as a developing normative theory to deconstruct the discursive spaces emerging in Human Rights Education and to critically engage with their meanings. / Thesis (PhD (Curriculum Development Innovation and Evaluation))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2013.

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