• Juxtaposing disadvantaged children’s insights on psychosocial help-seeking with those of service providers : lessons from South Africa and Pakistan 

  Haffejee, Sadiyya; Hassan, Sajida; Vostanis, Panos (Taylor and Francis, 2023-07-25)

  Children living in resource-constrained environments have high levels of unmet psychosocial needs. Through participatory focus groups, we juxtaposed the views of 55 children aged 7–10 years from resource-constrained ...
• Emerging adult resilience to the early stages of the COVID-pandemic : a systematic scoping review 

  Theron, Linda C.; Cockcroft, K.; Annalakshmi, N.; Rodgers, J.G.; Akinduyo, T.E.; Fouche, A. (Springer, 2023-09-12)

  Human resilience to COVID-19 related stressors remains a pressing concern following the aftereffects of the pandemic and in the face of probable future pandemics. In response, we systematically scoped the available ...
• Lived mentoring experience of early-career teachers in selected Gauteng public schools : a narrative inquiry 

  Maseko, Vivian Zinhle (University of Pretoria, 2021-03)

  This study reports on an investigation into the lived mentoring experiences of earlycareer teachers in selected Gauteng public schools. Although several studies have examined mentoring of early-career teachers, international ...
• The effect of life-design-based counselling on high school learners from resource-constrained communities 

  Jude, Che; Maree, J.G. (Kobus) (Education Association of South Africa, 2024-02)

  In the study reported on here we explored the influence of life-design counselling intervention on high school learners with career indecision who hail from resource-poor contexts in rural South Africa. Purposeful sampling ...
• Using principles of Whole Brain® Thinking to transform radiographic clinical practice : an action research study 

  Kruger, Zanelle (University of Pretoria, 2021-01)

  As an inexperienced facilitator with a passion for education, research, and the field of radiography I identified an innovative idea to transform my practice as part of my professional development and role as a lecturer. ...
• Expert multistakeholder engagement informing content of advanced diploma in visual impairment studies 

  Manis, Maesala; Sefotho, Maximus Monaheng; Ferreira, Ronel (AOSIS, 2024-01)

  BACKGROUND : This study evaluates the interface between expert multistakeholder engagement and the development of Advanced Diploma in Visual Impairment Studies (VIS). Additionally, the study validates the content included ...
• Perceptions, knowledge, and perceived competencies of South African speech-language pathologists to render transgender voice and communication training 

  Maasz, Johan Jacobus; Van der Linde, Jeannie; Milton, Carmen; Graham, Marien Alet; Du Toit, Maria Neethling (Taylor and Francis, 2024)

  BACKGROUND : Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) receive extensive education and training on voice and voice disorders. Therefore, they are integral in rendering transgender voice and communication training (TVCT), as part ...
• Using a nominal group technique to inform a curriculum of a short learning programme for peer mentor training in a health sciences context 

  Nel, Corne; Wolvaardt, Jacqueline Elizabeth (Liz); Du Toit, Pieter Hertzog (Wolters Kluwerr - Medknow, 2023-09)

  BACKGROUND : The purpose of this study was to explore the use of a modified nominal group technique (mNGT) to inform the curriculum of a Short Learning Programme for peer mentors in the Bachelor of Clinical Medical ...
• Family values and social well-being : do motives for activities mediate? 

  Fadiji, Angelina Wilson; Khumalo, I.P. (Springer, 2023-02)

  This study explored the extent to which the relationship between family values and social well-being is explained by well-being orientations. We investigated whether hedonic and eudaimonic motives for activities mediate ...
• Nurses' perspectives on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on parental involvement in NICUs 

  Ncube, Sthembiso; Van der Linde, Jeannie; Du Toit, Maria; Graham, Marien Alet; Eccles, Renata (Elsevier, 2024)

  BACKGROUND : Nurses are key healthcare professionals in service provision to infants and their families in neonatal intensive care units and are pivotal in observing parental involvement in their infant’s care. The COVID-19 ...
• A triple helix approach to address social and learner support needs in schools and communities 

  Thuketana, Nkhensani Susan (University of Venda, 2023)

  Social ills are increasing globally, necessitating higher education and teacher-training institutions to produce teachers with specific attributes to address the challenges. The University of Pretoria employs a triple ...
• The dance of the positives and negatives of life : student wellbeing in the context of #FeesMustFall-related violence 

  Fadiji, Angelina Wilson; Luescher, T.; Morwe, K. (Stellenbosch University, 2023-05)

  Violence has become a regular occurrence in the context of the South African student movement. However, to date there are no studies that investigate student wellbeing in the context of student movement violence. How are ...
• Higher education funding, justice and equity - critical perspectives 

  Motala, S.; Oketch, M.; Wangenge-Ouma, Gerald; Nasutha, M. (Stellenbosch University, 2023-11)

  How governments choose to fund students in higher education (HE) is inextricably linked to the sector’s sustainability and efforts to achieve a just and equitable HE experience and outcomes for all students. The way funding ...
• Mathematics teachers’ use of textbooks for instructional decision-making in lesson study 

  Sekao, David (Şahin Danişman, 2023)

  This paper draws from a broad study that explored mathematics teachers’ engagement with textbooks within the Lesson Study context. In the current paper, we report on teachers’ use of mathematics textbook activities to ...
• Effectiveness of an over-the-counter self-fitting hearing aid compared with an audiologist-fitted hearing aid : a randomized clinical trial 

  De Sousa, K.C. (Karina); Manchaiah, Vinaya; Moore, David R.; Graham, Marien Alet; Swanepoel, De Wet (American Medical Association, 2023-06)

  IMPORTANCE : Hearing loss is a highly prevalent condition, with numerous debilitating consequences when left untreated. However, less than 20% of US adults with hearing loss use hearing aids. Over-the-counter (OTC) hearing ...
• Perceptions of academic resilience by senior phase learners and teachers from low socioeconomic schools 

  Mampane, Motlalepule Ruth (OpenED Network, 2023-03)

  This article reports on the perceptions of academic resilience of Grade 8 and Grade 9 learners and their teachers in low socioeconomic township schools. Learners from township schools experience many risk factors that can ...
• Reframing Global North–South collaborations through the lenses of aware, connect, empower (ACE) principles 

  Sehoole, Molatlhegi Trevor Chika; Strang, Karen; Jowi, James Otieno; McVeety, Melanie (Open Journals in Education, 2024-01)

  This article provides an analysis of how equitable, inclusive, and meaningful partnerships between the Global South and Global North, which have been characterized by challenges (Kumar 2019), can be established and enhanced ...
• Cognitive coping strategies that supported teacher resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic 

  Williams, Elisma; Ferreira, Ronel; Botha, Tanita (Education Association of South Africa, 2023-12)

  Limited research focusing on the cognitive strategies that support the resilience of teachers in a world pandemic has been conducted. By employing a sequential explanatory mixed method research design, this study was ...
• First-year undergraduate students' statistical problem-solving skills 

  Makwakwa, Eva G.; Mogari, David; Ogbonnaya, Ugorji Iheanachor (Wiley, 2024)

  This study investigated first-year undergraduate statistics students’ statistical problem-solving skills on the probability of the union of two events, conditional probability, binomial probability distribution, probabilities ...
• Student teachers’ perceptions of mentoring as an influencer of their professional teacher identity development 

  Van Putten, Sonja; Van Putten, Jessica K.; De Jager, Lizette J. (Routledge, 2023)

  This study investigated the role of the mentor lecturer in the development of the Professional Teacher Identity (PTI) of 838 fourth-year pre-service teachers while doing Work Integrated Learning at a South African University. ...

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