The study explored teenage mothers’ narratives of their subjective experience as teenage mothers. The research draws on social constructionist theory to theorize and deconstruct teenage pregnancy as a social problem. Eight teenage mothers’ between the age of fifteen and nineteen years old were interviewed through semi-structured interviews and analyzed through thematic content analysis. The key themes that emerged in the study were around getting the news about the pregnancy, giving birth and life thereafter, being at school and rising beyond the stigma of being a teenage mother. It was also found that dominant discourses in society played a pivotal role in teenage mothers’ construction of the self and their experiences of being marginalised from mainstream society. Despite some of the challenges encountered, the participants were all able to persevere towards their goals and aspirations such as performing well academically and developing a clear sense of self. The report concludes with recommendations are implications for future research.

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Thesis (M.S.W.)--Smith College School for Social Work, Northampton, Mass., 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 62-64).

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Tufts University, 2005. / Adviser: Francine Jacobs. Submitted to the Dept. of Applied Child Development. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 143-161). Access restricted to members of the Tufts University community. Also available via the World Wide Web;

Thesis ( Ph.D.)(consumer Science)--University of Pretoria, 2009. / Summary in Afrikaans and English. Includes bibliographical references.

Learner pregnancy is regarded as a major concern and a serious threat to gender parity in education. Addressing learner pregnancy is not a challenge facing only Department of Education, it is a battle that requires the active involvement of all stakeholders that is educators, Non -governmental organisation, Department of Education, Health and Social Development. The rate of learner pregnancy in public schools, prompted the Department of Education to release the policy of Learner Pregnancy Policy which ensures the rights of pregnant learners to continue with schools. The policy is based on prevention and management. This research study investigate how schools implement learner pregnancy policy. The objectives of the study are: • To investigate how schools encourage the prevention strategies of learner pregnancy policy; • To investigate how schools manage learner pregnancy; • To identify how Department of Education are involved in monitoring of the schools in implementing the pregnant learner policy. The study was conducted in four targeted high schools in the Lichtenburg area A qualitative approach and quantitative approach was used. Questionnaires and interviews were used as instruments. A purposeful sampling of 100 educators and 10 managers was selected. Statistical Package for Social Sciences was used for data analysis. The Findings of the study revealed that schools are not doing enough to provide learners with prevention strategies of learner pregnancy; Even though the policy encourages managers and educators to support learners who are pregnant, educators and managers still need to encourage pregnant learners to continue with their education when they are pregnant in line with the policy. Department of Education does not monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the policy regularly in schools. Recommendation of the study revealed that: Learners must be engaged in extra mural activities to keep them busy, Educators and managers must help, support and encourage pregnant learners to continue with their education and that the Provincial Department of Education must appoint a person at the department to monitor the effectiveness of the policy in schools, to visits schools regularly and to ensure their compliance. / Thesis (M. Ed (Educational Psychology) North-West University, Mafikeng Campus, 2013

Thesis (MPH)-- University of Limpopo, 2012. / Background: A number of initiatives have been implemented in South Africa to prevent and reduce the rate of teenage pregnancy. These includes sex education as part of the Life Skills Programme in schools, roll-out of Youth Friendly Services (YFS) in government clinics and funding programmes such as Lovelife which combines a highly visible sustained national multi-media sex education and HIV/AIDS awareness campaigns. However, these campaigns do not reach most teenagers in the rural areas such as in Moshana village. Teenage pregnancy has been recognized as one of the major problems affecting the learners of Mpolokang High School Aim: The aim of the study was to explore factors contributing to teenage pregnancy within the secondary school environment Methods: This was an exploratory and descriptive study. Focus group interviews were conducted with the learners from Grade 10 – 12, aged 15 - 19. Results: It was found that factors contributing to teenage pregnancy at Mpolokang High School were openness and transparency, sexual practices, access to the government grant, peer influence, lack of recreational facilities, substance abuse by the learners and attitudes of Health Care Workers at Moshana clinic. Conclusion: From this study, it can be concluded that although sex education is now part of the Life Skills programme in schools, teenagers still fall pregnant due to lack of openness and transparency when discussing sexual matters.

Thesis (M.A.)--McGill University (Canada), 2000. / Adviser: Rina Gupta. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M. Ed.)--University of Hong Kong, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 82-99).