Evaluating a mathematics tutor programme for unemployed youth in a rural context

dc.contributor.advisorMihai, Maryke Anneke
dc.contributor.coadvisorVan Putten, Sonja
dc.contributor.emailmariana@tirongtrust.co.zaen_US
dc.contributor.postgraduateStrydom, Mariana Annalien
dc.date.accessioned2023-12-14T09:20:28Z
dc.date.available2023-12-14T09:20:28Z
dc.date.created2024-04
dc.date.issued2023
dc.descriptionDissertation (MEd (Science, Mathematics and Technology Education))--University of Pretoria, 2023.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe most vulnerable youth in South Africa are aged 15–24, with only one out of three young adults working. Another predicament unemployed youth face is the poor mathematics education they rely on to prepare them for their future careers. This rationale motivated the implementation of a mathematics tutor programme at a rural school in Mpumalanga. Unemployed youth who passed mathematics in Grade 12 were trained and assisted as mathematics tutors working with small groups of Grades 4 and 5 learners. This study conducted a qualitative evaluation by investigating and describing the programme's meaning through the tutors' eyes. Social constructivism was used to develop a focused conceptual framework for tutors’ key participation experiences. The study adopted a qualitative methodology and layered case-study research design. The already accumulated data were studied “in arrears” (post-hoc) through document analysis, and thereafter, the data which was still needed was collected through semi-structured interviews and questionnaires and thematically analysed. The study revealed that tutors’ mathematical knowledge and understanding of valuable subject content improved. They acquired essential teaching skills and experienced positive personal development. The tutor programme can be refined by incorporating it as part of an academic curriculum for teacher education. Other similar tutor-based interventions can allow young adults who participate in the interventions to study teacher education while gaining practical experiences. Their practical experiences can expose them to mathematical and pedagogic content knowledge to teach mathematics. Their personal development can prepare them for the workplace, provide guidance on future career choices, and contribute to their social and emotional development, adult development and social skills. In this way, interventions utilising unemployed youth can create a sustainable long-term influence on unemployed youth and their communities.en_US
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dc.description.degreeMEden_US
dc.description.departmentScience, Mathematics and Technology Educationen_US
dc.description.facultyFaculty of Educationen_US
dc.description.sdgSDG-01: No povertyen_US
dc.description.sdgSDG-04: Quality Educationen_US
dc.description.sdgSDG-08: Decent work and economic growthen_US
dc.description.sdgSDG-10: Reduces inequalitiesen_US
dc.identifier.citation*en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.25403/UPresearchdata.24794562en_US
dc.identifier.otherA2024en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/93786
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Pretoria
dc.rights© 2023 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria.
dc.subjectMathematics interventionsen_US
dc.subjectEarly grade mathematicsen_US
dc.subjectEGMen_US
dc.subjectMathematics educationen_US
dc.subjectTutor programmeen_US
dc.subjectUnemployed youthen_US
dc.subjectSouth African rural schoolsen_US
dc.subjectRural youthen_US
dc.subjectUCTDen_US
dc.subject.otherSustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
dc.subject.otherSDG-01: No poverty
dc.subject.otherSDG-04: Quality Education
dc.subject.otherSDG-08: Decent work and economic growth
dc.subject.otherSDG-10: Reduces inequalities
dc.subject.otherEducation theses SDG-01
dc.subject.otherEducation theses SDG-04
dc.subject.otherEducation theses SDG-08
dc.subject.otherEducation theses SDG-10
dc.titleEvaluating a mathematics tutor programme for unemployed youth in a rural contexten_US
dc.typeDissertationen_US

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