A study of academic resilience amongst first generation university students in South Africa

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dc.contributor.advisorLuckett, Kathyen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorPym, Juneen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorMeinert, Leighen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-15T10:31:09Z
dc.date.available2015-09-15T10:31:09Z
dc.date.issued2013en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis study adopts a sociological approach to the issue of academic resilience amongst first generation university students in a developing world context. As suggested in the opening quotation above, this study aims to generate insight in to the structural conditions of first generation students who have accessed higher education and to better define the “overwhelming odds†that are frequently deemed to be against them. More importantly perhaps, this study seeks to generate understanding about the manner in which these agents engage with their structural conditions and, in so doing, succeed in overcoming the effects of their natal conditions, or not. Margaret Archer’s (2003) theory of “modes of reflexivity†, the nexus between structure and agency, is utilised as the conceptual framework for this study. This research project is therefore guided by the following 2 primary questions that, together with their related sub-questions, are motivated in more detail in Chapter 2 (refer to Section 2.8). All research questions will be featured in italics throughout this report. 1. How do first generation university students in a developing world context engage with their socio-cultural conditions? 1b) What are the distinctive aspects of the socio-cultural conditions of students in a developing world context? 2. Are some modes of reflexivity more conducive to academic resilience in undergraduate studies than others? 2b) What kinds of interventions can be put in place to serve first generation university entrants better?en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationMeinert, L. (2013). <i>A study of academic resilience amongst first generation university students in South Africa</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,School of Education. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14003en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationMeinert, Leigh. <i>"A study of academic resilience amongst first generation university students in South Africa."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,School of Education, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14003en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMeinert, L. 2013. A study of academic resilience amongst first generation university students in South Africa. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Meinert, Leigh AB - This study adopts a sociological approach to the issue of academic resilience amongst first generation university students in a developing world context. As suggested in the opening quotation above, this study aims to generate insight in to the structural conditions of first generation students who have accessed higher education and to better define the “overwhelming odds†that are frequently deemed to be against them. More importantly perhaps, this study seeks to generate understanding about the manner in which these agents engage with their structural conditions and, in so doing, succeed in overcoming the effects of their natal conditions, or not. Margaret Archer’s (2003) theory of “modes of reflexivity†, the nexus between structure and agency, is utilised as the conceptual framework for this study. This research project is therefore guided by the following 2 primary questions that, together with their related sub-questions, are motivated in more detail in Chapter 2 (refer to Section 2.8). All research questions will be featured in italics throughout this report. 1. How do first generation university students in a developing world context engage with their socio-cultural conditions? 1b) What are the distinctive aspects of the socio-cultural conditions of students in a developing world context? 2. Are some modes of reflexivity more conducive to academic resilience in undergraduate studies than others? 2b) What kinds of interventions can be put in place to serve first generation university entrants better? DA - 2013 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2013 T1 - A study of academic resilience amongst first generation university students in South Africa TI - A study of academic resilience amongst first generation university students in South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14003 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/14003
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationMeinert L. A study of academic resilience amongst first generation university students in South Africa. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,School of Education, 2013 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14003en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentSchool of Educationen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherEducationen_ZA
dc.titleA study of academic resilience amongst first generation university students in South Africaen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMPhilen_ZA
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