Exploring experiences of Western Cape based Shine volunteers about the Shine Centre programme and the children they support

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dc.contributor.advisorAtmore, Ericen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorMashek, Carrieen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-08-14T14:30:09Z
dc.date.available2015-08-14T14:30:09Z
dc.date.issued2015en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe main research questions focused on understanding why people volunteer; their views on the Shine training and Literacy Hour programmes and recommendations that would result in children receiving a high quality education. The findings of the study emphasised the crucial role that volunteers play in the Shine Centre organisation and within the South African education system. These volunteers are a dynamic and diverse group who offer their time for a variety of reasons but are committed to enhancing the literacy rates of primary-aged school children in the Western Cape. Experiences of these community members ranged from gaining skills and techniques from Shine training to working and understanding children with very different backgrounds to themselves. The findings found that there is a high level of satisfaction amongst volunteers with respect to the training and the Literacy Hour sessions. However, there are certain obstacles that volunteers face and which impact on their facilitation of the programme, such as not having the right materials to teach with or a child’s home circumstances, some of which can be very difficult to overcome.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationMashek, C. (2015). <i>Exploring experiences of Western Cape based Shine volunteers about the Shine Centre programme and the children they support</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Social Development. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13742en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationMashek, Carrie. <i>"Exploring experiences of Western Cape based Shine volunteers about the Shine Centre programme and the children they support."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Social Development, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13742en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMashek, C. 2015. Exploring experiences of Western Cape based Shine volunteers about the Shine Centre programme and the children they support. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Mashek, Carrie AB - The main research questions focused on understanding why people volunteer; their views on the Shine training and Literacy Hour programmes and recommendations that would result in children receiving a high quality education. The findings of the study emphasised the crucial role that volunteers play in the Shine Centre organisation and within the South African education system. These volunteers are a dynamic and diverse group who offer their time for a variety of reasons but are committed to enhancing the literacy rates of primary-aged school children in the Western Cape. Experiences of these community members ranged from gaining skills and techniques from Shine training to working and understanding children with very different backgrounds to themselves. The findings found that there is a high level of satisfaction amongst volunteers with respect to the training and the Literacy Hour sessions. However, there are certain obstacles that volunteers face and which impact on their facilitation of the programme, such as not having the right materials to teach with or a child’s home circumstances, some of which can be very difficult to overcome. DA - 2015 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2015 T1 - Exploring experiences of Western Cape based Shine volunteers about the Shine Centre programme and the children they support TI - Exploring experiences of Western Cape based Shine volunteers about the Shine Centre programme and the children they support UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13742 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/13742
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationMashek C. Exploring experiences of Western Cape based Shine volunteers about the Shine Centre programme and the children they support. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Social Development, 2015 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13742en_ZA
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Social Developmenten_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherSocial Worken_ZA
dc.titleExploring experiences of Western Cape based Shine volunteers about the Shine Centre programme and the children they supporten_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMSocScen_ZA
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