Serious illness conversations in South Africa

Govender, Lynelle; Sadhai, Prabash

doi:10.1111/tct.13516

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“…An investigative journalist told Carlisle (2022: 1) that athletes from elite schools -"what we think of as the coolest kids in school" -are extremely vulnerable to being groomed and abused. Several newspaper articles mention the sexual abuse of learners who attend prestige schools (Govender, 2022;Ndaliso, 2022;Pillay, 2022). Carlisle (2022: 1) writes, "Many of the schools were bastions of tradition and education … We have to realise that even in the hallow halls of tradition, children are vulnerable."…”

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Sexual violence and harassment in South African schools: Findings from a media study

2024

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This qualitative media study, undertaken within an interpretative research paradigm, aims to expand our knowledge of sexual violence perpetrated against learners in South African public and private schools. Due to ethical, normative and methodological barriers surrounding research on sexual violence in schools, South African English language newspapers were used as data source. The SA Media database was utilised to identify 153 relevant newspaper articles published in the period of 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2022. Themes were identified by means of qualitative content analysis. The findings shed light on the extent of sexual violence in schools, the acceptance and normalisation of teacheron-learner sexual violence, the exploitation of learners' academic and athletic aspirations by teachers and coaches, and the imbalance of power and consequent abuse of power in a country where hegemonic masculinity prevails. Moreover, the study found teachers, coaches, caregivers, taxi drivers and fellow learners to be perpetrators of sexual violence. The study also highlights the negative effects of sexual violence on the victims' academic, mental, physical and social wellbeing. Drawing on Galtung's typology of violence, three dimensions of violence, namely personal or direct violence, indirect or structural and cultural violence were identified. This multidimensional interpretation emphasises the need to address this scourge on direct, structural and cultural levels.

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Sexual violence and harassment in South African schools: Findings from a media study

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“…In South Africa, consistent with section 23 of the [10] provides for the establishment of trade unions and employer organizations. The Employment of Educators Act 76 of 1998 (SA, 1998), as [3] state, does not provide for teacher unions, which implies that the provisions contained within in the Labour Relations Act should be taken as a guide to all matters pertaining to educators' involvement in union activities. It is also of key importance to note that in South Africa, the origin of teacher unionism was marked by two kinds: unions that are apolitical and professionally inclined, such as the National Professional Teachers' Organization of South Africa (NAPTOSA), and unions which had aligned themselves with vanguard organizations of the liberation struggle and which are politically inclined, the likes of which would be the South African Democratic Teachers' Union (SADTU).…”

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“…of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) [2]. [3] points that trade unionism is generally viewed by many stakeholders in education as the main underlying cause of educators' unprofessional conduct and as a drawback to the efforts to professionalize education in South Africa. According to [3], quality learner attainment will remain an unrealistic dream of the Department of Basic Education (as it is currently known) if union activities are not regulated properly.…”

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“…[3] points that trade unionism is generally viewed by many stakeholders in education as the main underlying cause of educators' unprofessional conduct and as a drawback to the efforts to professionalize education in South Africa. According to [3], quality learner attainment will remain an unrealistic dream of the Department of Basic Education (as it is currently known) if union activities are not regulated properly. Again, [4] pursues her argument by asserting that during this post-apartheid era, teacher unions must change their strategies and begin to address issues of school productivity and efficiency.…”

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Teacher trade unions, unionization of novice teachers, implications for professional development in South Africa

Makoa,

Segalo

2023

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The object of research: In this research paper a critique of teacher trade unionism as a political mechanism and its impact on newly qualified teachers’ dilemmas is presented. Investigated problem: Political power is inherently viewed as platform through which critical decisions on education matters are made. Some of these political decisions are, but not limited to teacher professional development and career advancements. Though the aim of teacher trade unions is to salvage the rights of the teachers in the profession, the historical development of teacher trade unions suggest that they act as political vanguard of the working class. The main scientific results: This qualitative study probed the current state and nature of teacher trade unionism have and implications for novice teachers in the sense that it does not encourage professional development, rather, political one. The results of this study confirm and demonstrates that the choice of novice educators to join a trade union of their choice is intrinsically linked to the career pathways the trade unions can offer rather than what trade unions are able to offer in their careers. The area of practical use of the research results: The study is of importance to South African novice teachers who are engaged in teacher professional development programs. Innovative technological product: The results of this study made it possible to outline strategic directions for the introduction of digital technologies that will enhance teacher professional development. The results of this study further stresses that the lack of resources which impedes teacher professional development. Scope of the innovative technological product: The result of the study concerns the implementation of professional development initiatives, that will require the integration of information and communications technology in the professional development process, stressing policy as an imperative point of departure.

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Serious illness conversations in South Africa

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Sexual violence and harassment in South African schools: Findings from a media study

Sexual violence and harassment in South African schools: Findings from a media study

Teacher trade unions, unionization of novice teachers, implications for professional development in South Africa

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