• Counselling for career construction for an artistic child with career undecidedness : implications for early child development 

  Maree, J.G. (Kobus) (Routledge, 2021)

  This article describes the influence of counselling for career construction on an artistic young girl with career undecidedness. Purposeful sampling was used to select a 14-year-old participant from young children who had ...
• Biodiversity and human health interlinkages in higher education offerings : a first global overview 

  Cianfagna, Mark; Bolon, Isabelle; Martins, Sara Babo; Mumford, Elizabeth; Romanelli, Cristina; Deem, Sharon L.; Pettan-Brewer, Christina; Figueroa, Daniela; Velasquez, Juan Carlos Carrascal; Stroud, Cheryl; Lueddeke, George; Beat, Stoll; De Castaneda, Rafael Ruiz (Frontiers Media, 2021-02-25)

  INTRODUCTION : Biodiversity is inextricably linked to human health. As an important area of research of the Convention on Biological Diversity and a key avenue for the dissemination of biodiversity and health knowledge, ...
• On responses of higher education and training with(in) society through research, teaching, and community engagement 

  Van Eeden, Elize; Eloff, Irma; Dippenaar, Hanlie (Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Faculty of Education, 2021-04)

  This article presents a trend analysis of the directions, nuances, and theoretical developments in community engagement (CE) practices in higher education and training (HET) environments in South Africa since 1994. It ...
• Understanding how hope manifests for South African youth during times of adversity 

  Swart, Megan Lynn (University of Pretoria, 2021-08-25)

  This study forms part of a broader wellbeing project that analyses the factors supporting student wellbeing at the University of Pretoria. The purpose of this study was to explore the ways in which hope manifests for South ...
• Understanding general pedagogical knowledge influences on sustainable teacher well-being : a qualitative exploratory study 

  Eloff, Irma; Dittrich, Ann-Kathrin (NISC (Pty) Ltd and Informa UK Limited (trading as Taylor & Francis Group), 2021)

  This qualitative reconstructive study aimed to explore teacher general pedagogical knowledge and professional well-being. The informants were a convenience sample of 18 teachers from Austrian primary schools (n = 5), lower ...
• Students’ well-being in tertiary environments : insights into the (unrecognised) role of lecturers 

  Eloff, Irma; O'Neil, Susanna Maria; Kanengoni, Herbert (Routledge, 2022)

  This qualitative study reports on the role of university lecturers in the well-being of undergraduate students. A sample of undergraduate student participants (n = 335) at a large, urban residential university in the Gauteng ...
• School and individual predictors of mathematics achievement in South Africa : the mediating role of learner aspirations 

  Wilson Fadiji, Angelina; Reddy, V. (Routledge, 2021)

  Extant literature has demonstrated the importance of individual and school-related factors in improving mathematics achievement. Despite this, there is still a gap in research to understand the mediating role of educational ...
• Repliek op die Yonge-artikel 

  Eloff, Irma (Suid Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, 2021-12)

  So nou en dan kruis ’n artikel of ’n boek of ’n hoofstuk of selfs ’n tesis ’n mens se pad wat jou herinner aan die rede waarom jy in die akademie werk, iets wat jou herinner aan die wesensaard van die akademie, die hart ...
• Effects of pollution on adolescent mental health : a systematic review protocol 

  Theron, Linda C.; Abreu-Villaça, Yael; Augusto-Oliveira, Marcus; Brennan, Caroline H.; Crespo-Lopez, Maria Elena; De Paula Arrifano, Gabriela; Glazer, Lilah; Lin, Liyuan; Mareschal, Isabelle; Sartori, Luke; Stieger, Liesl; Trotta, Andres; Hadfield, Kristin (Springer, 2021-03)

  BACKGROUND : Whilst there is little uncertainty about the deleterious impact of pollution on human and planetary health, pollution’s impact on adolescent mental health is less well understood. This is particularly true for ...
• Promoting critical-analytic thinking through teacher discourse moves and pedagogical principles : the case of a rural South African secondary school 

  Sefhedi, Sheila Tshegofatso; Omidire, Margaret Funke; Ebersohn, L. (Liesel); Murphy, P. Karen (South African Association for Language Teaching, 2020)

  This article reports a case study in a rural South African school on promoting critical-analytic thinking through teacher discourse moves and pedagogical principles. The study investigated the use of teacher discourse moves ...
• Parent and teacher perceptions of inclusive education in Zimbabwe 

  Magumise, Johnson; Sefotho, Maximus Monaheng (Routledge, 2020)

  Inclusive education (IE) is a global restructuring strategy envisioned to embrace learners with different abilities in mainstream schools. Previous research shows that parent and teacher inclusive education perceptions ...
• The influence of group life-design-based counselling on learners’ academic self-construction : a collective case study 

  Maree, Nastassja; Maree, J.G. (Kobus) (Education Association of South Africa, 2021-08)

  The purpose of this study was to explore how life-design-based counselling can influence young learners’ academic self-construction within a group context. The study involved a qualitative mode of enquiry with 12 participants. ...
• The relationship between social welfare policy and multidimensional well-being : an analysis using the South African Child Support Grant 

  Cooper, Adam; Mokomane, Zitha; Wilson Fadiji, Angelina (Public Affairs Research Institute, 2020)

  Socio-historical context and ideology are often overlooked in analyses of how social welfare policy is used to promote well-being. This paper uses the South African Child Support Grant (CSG) to illuminate how a policy may ...
• Higher education community engagement as a pathway to developing global citizenship practices in young people : South African perspective 

  Machimana, Eugene Gabriel; Ebersohn, L. (Liesel); Sefotho, Maximus Monaheng (Intellect, 2020-10)

  The aim of this study is to discuss how South African higher education (HE) is a mechanism to enable global citizenship. This qualitative secondary analysis study draws on retrospective qualitative case study data generated ...
• Researching multisystemic resilience : a sample methodology 

  Ungar, Michael; Theron, Linda C.; Murphy, Kathleen; Jefferies, Philip (Frontiers Media, 2021-01)

  In contexts of exposure to atypical stress or adversity, individual and collective resilience refers to the process of sustaining wellbeing by leveraging biological, psychological, social and environmental protective and ...
• Social-ecological resilience through a biocultural lens : a participatory methodology to support global targets and local priorities 

  Ungar, Michael; McRuer, Jennifer; Liu, Xiaohui; Theron, Linda C.; Blais, Daniel; Schnurr, Matthew A. (Resilience Alliance Publications, 2020)

  More research is needed to properly represent social-ecological system (SES) interactions that support the integrity of biological and cultural, i.e., biocultural, relationships in places experiencing environmental, economic, ...
• Conceptualization of the premature school exit phenomenon in Mashonaland Region of Zimbabwe : the voice of early school leavers 

  Gatsi, Roswitha; Omidire, Margaret Funke; Human-Vogel, Salome (Sage, 2020-03)

  School dropout is a major cause of attrition in schools globally, and its implications could be far-reaching. Evidence from previous studies has shown that the voice of those who have lived experiences of the phenomenon ...
• Using governmentality and performativity theory to understand the role of social attitudes in young people with visual impairment access to sexual and reproductive health services 

  Ubisi, Lindokuhle (Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, 2020-06)

  This exploratory study investigates how governmentality enforced by societal attitudes influences performativity of young people with visual impairment (PVI) to/not access sexual and reproductive health services (SRH). ...
• Child protection and resilience in the face of COVID-19 in South Africa : a rapid review of C-19 legislation 

  Fouche, Ansie; Fouche, Daniel F.; Theron, Linda C. (Elsevier, 2020-12)

  BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE : In response to the COVID-19 (C-19) pandemic, the South African government instituted strict lockdown and related legislation. Although this response was well intended, many believed it advanced ...
• Collective resilience to global challenge : a collective wellbeing agenda to transform towards sustained equitable education 

  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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