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Browsing Research Articles (University of Pretoria) by UP Author "Ebersohn, L. (Liesel)"
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Ebersohn, L. (Liesel); Omidire, Margaret Funke; Murphy, P. Karen (Springer, 2022-06)In this article we apply an Afrocentric Resilience Theory (relationship-resourced resilience) to the domain of education research partnerships. We posit academic flocking as an equitable research partnership approach aimed ...
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Woollett, Nataly; Bandeira, Monica; Marunda, Sibusiswe; Mudekunye, Lynette; Ebersohn, L. (Liesel) (Wiley, 2021-11)Pregnant adolescents and young mothers comprise a vulnerable group, particularly in low and middle income countries, yet there is limited research describing this population, particularly in rural Zimbabwe. Using ...
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Mampane, Motlalepule Ruth; Ebersohn, L. (Liesel); Cherrington, Avivit Miriam; Moen, Melanie Carmen (Sage, 2014-12)This study aims to explain how adolescents in a rural high school conceptualise school violence. Qualitative data were collected over two two-day periods (24 hours) through child-centred tasks like drawing and the completion ...
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Ebersohn, L. (Liesel); Loots, Tilda; Mampane, Motlalepule Ruth; Omidire, Margaret Funke; Malan-van Rooyen, Marlize (Wiley, 2017-08)High-need contexts, such as those in postcolonial Southern Africa, require interventions that provide psychosocial and socioeconomic care and support. This comparative case study uses the lens of indigenous knowledge systems ...
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Ferreira, Ronel; Ebersohn, L. (Liesel); Oelofsen, M. (South African Society on the Abuse of Children, 2007)This article reports on the findings of a qualitative study which explored the use of Gestalt therapy (initially intended for therapeutic purposes) during the assessment of young girls who had been sexually abused. The ...
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Coetzee, Sonja; Ebersohn, L. (Liesel); Ferreira, Ronel (Unisa Press, 2009)This exploratory and descriptive study investigated the use of the asset-based approach in career facilitation in South Africa. Five adolescents (3 females and 2 males) aged 16 to 18 years participated. An intervention ...
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Ebersohn, L. (Liesel); Ferreira, Ronel; Beukes, J. (Unisa Press, 2012)Participatory methodologies are often favoured in education research. This study aimed to determine collaborative partnership trends between education researchers and teachers in order to understand the use of participatory ...
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Ferreira, Ronel; Ebersohn, L. (Liesel); Loots, Tilda (Sasol Library, University of the Free State, 2008)This article reports on the findings of an empirical study aimed at empowering ten selected educators to mobilise potential yet unused assets within a community, in order to support that community in coping with HIV/AIDS. ...
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Sipsma, Heather; Eloff, Irma; Makin, J.D. (Jennifer Dianne); Finestone, Michelle; Ebersohn, L. (Liesel); Visser, M.J. (Maretha Johanna); Sikkema, Kathleen J.; Boeving Allen, Charmayne A.; Ferreira, Ronel; Forsyth, Brian William Cameron (Routledge, 2013)Adults with HIV are living longer due to earlier diagnosis and increased access to antiretroviral medications. Therefore, fewer young children are being orphaned and instead, are being cared for by parents who know they are ...
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Omidire, Margaret Funke; Ebersohn, L. (Liesel); Leask, Marisa; Konza, Deslea; Du Plessis, Anna-Barbara (NISC (Pty) Ltd and Informa UK Limited (trading as Taylor & Francis Group), 2018)Assessment results from rural schools have shown little improvement in over a decade, mainly because many of the barriers to learning, such as poverty and limited resources, still prevail. Without the necessary English ...
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Ebersohn, L. (Liesel) (Editora UEPG, 2020-07)COVID-19 is a large scale and unpredictable global challenge. It predicts extreme negative outcomes for development –including education. Those with privilege will benefit and those living on the margins will ...
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Maree, J.G. (Kobus); Ebersohn, L. (Liesel); De Villiers, Dirkie Aletta (Elliot & Fitzpatrick, 2012)This study reports on the use of the Ericksonian approach combined with sand play therapy to assist children who present with depression, a troublesome developmental barrier. Participants were six children and/or adolescents ...
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Maree, J.G. (Kobus); Ebersohn, L. (Liesel); Vermaak, B.A. (Bianca Amanda) (Faculty of Education, University of Pretoria, 2008-09)This article describes the ways in which postmodern career facilitation was applied to enhance achievement motivation in a male adolescent from a community with a high unemployment rate. A case study following a mixed-method ...
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Ebersohn, L. (Liesel); Ferreira, Ronel (Oxford University Press, 2011-03)This paper explains how teachers in schools function as resources to buoy resilience in the face of HIV&AIDS-compounded adversities. We draw on participatory reflection and action data from a longitudinal study with ...
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McHale, Melissa R.; Beck, Scott M.; Pickett, Steward T.A.; Childers, Daniel L.; Cadenasso, Mary L.; Rivers III, Louie; Swemmer, Louise; Ebersohn, L. (Liesel); Twine, Wayne; Bunn, David N. (Taylor and Francis, 2018-07-18)OBJECTIVES : (1) To evaluate how ecosystem services may be utilized to either reinforce or fracture the planning and development practices that emerged from segregation and economic exclusion; (2) To survey the current ...
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Ebersohn, L. (Liesel); Maree, J.G. (Kobus) (A B Academic, 2006)In this article we contemplate resilience in vulnerable children as a form of emotional giftedness. By foregrounding relevant segments of six ongoing studies and focusing on ways in which vulnerable children in communities ...
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Maree, J.G. (Kobus); Ebersohn, L. (Liesel); Biagione-Cerone, Angelique (Elliot & Fitzpatrick, 2010)This article describes the effect of narrative career facilitation on the personal growth of a disadvantaged undergraduate student at a tertiary institution in South Africa. The participant was selected purposively from ...
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Ebersohn, L. (Liesel) (Education Association of South Africa, 2016-11)Single case studies are prolific in South African education research. I equate the abundance of case studies to the urgency for evidence to transform the highly unequal landscape of education opportunities. In contrast ...
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Establishing a reading culture in a rural secondary school : a literacy intervention with teachers Joubert, Ina; Ebersohn, L. (Liesel); Ferreira, Ronel; Du Plessis, Loraine; Moen, Melanie Carmen (SAGE, 2014-08)The purpose of this study was to explore and describe the nature of a reading culture in a rural secondary school in South Africa before and after a literacy intervention. The systems theory with interpretivism as the ...
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Ebersohn, L. (Liesel); Prevost, Judite; Maree, J.G. (Kobus); Alexander, Daleen (A B Academic, 2007)This article describes the facilitation skills relevant to asset-based transdisciplinary team collaboration within an Early Childhood intervention social setting in rural KwaZulu-Natal. The authors describe the conceptual ...
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