Browsing by Author "Dykes, Glynnis"
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Adolescents and substance abuse: The effects of substance abuse on parents and siblings
Dykes, Glynnis; Casker, Riefqah (Taylor & Francis Open Access, 2021)This study aimed to describe the adverse effects that adolescent substance abuse has on the levels of care giving and well-being of families. The researchers used a qualitative case study design which focused on an ... -
Coping, resilience and posttraumatic growth: adverse childhood experiences and social work students
Dykes, Glynnis (UNISA Press, 2016)This qualitative case study explored the perceptions of third-year social work students at a selected university in South Africa regarding the effects of having endured adverse childhood experiences. Findings showed the ... -
The effects of adverse childhood experiences of social work students on notions of well-being: insights for education and practice
Dykes, Glynnis; Green, Sulina (UNISA PRess, 2016)This case study focused on the effects of adverse childhood experiences on undergraduate social work students. The notion of subjective well-being (SWB) was used to frame the findings. The study used 20 reflexive assignments ... -
Exploring participatory parity in higher education: experiences of social work students
Dykes, Glynnis (Department of Social Work, Stellenbosch University, 2018)This study uses the principle of participatory parity (PP) espoused by Fraser (2008, 2009) for exploring social work students’ experiences of enabling and constraining factors in advancing their engagement with and involvement ... -
From Colonialism to Postcolonialism: Decolonized Social Work Education in South Africa
Van der Westhuizen, Marichen; Dykes, Glynnis; Carelse, Shernaaz (Routledge, 2024)In a postcolonial context, the influences of South African colonial and apartheid history are still visible, and much has been written about the need to decolonize learning and teaching practices. However, student protest ... -
From colonialism to postcolonialism: Decolonized social work education in South Africa
Van der Westhuizen, Marichen; Dykes, Glynnis; Carelse, Shernaaz (Routledge, 2023)In a postcolonial context, the influences of South African colonial and apartheid history are still visible, and much has been written about the need to decolonize learning and teaching practices. However, student protest ... -
The implications of adverse childhood experiences for the professional requirements of social work
Dykes, Glynnis (University of Stellenbosch, 2011)Introduction: Coombes and Anderson (2000:281) assert that the “extent and incidence” of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) in families of origin of social workers have increasingly become the focus of research. Their ... -
Integration of theory and practice in Social Work: challenges and triumphs
Carelse, Shernaaz; Dykes, Glynnis (University of Stellenbosch, 2013)Introduction: Teaching (in any discipline) is rewarding when students show the required growth and development in terms of their knowledge, skills and attitude (within the social work context) (Kadushin & Harkness, 2002). ... -
Learning profiles of social work students: Who are you and how should this influence my teaching?
Dykes, Glynnis; Green, Sulina (Stellenbosch University, 2015)This qualitative study explores the impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) of social work students on notions of students’ learning profile. Data were obtained from both student and staff participants on third year ... -
Parents and adolescents in the post-divorce period: The effects on adolescent psychosocial development
Dykes, Glynnis; Ward, Maxine (Stellenbosch University, 2022)Although the effects of divorce on younger children have been researched, the same cannot be said for adolescents and their future development. This study focused on participants’ experiences of divorce and the effects on ... -
Phronesis and adverse childhood experiences of social work students
Dykes, Glynnis (Unisa Press, 2012)This article examines the relevance of (Aristotelian) phronesis (Breier, 2007), denoting practical wisdom, in an attempt to respond to the question: How can phronesis assist in understanding and teaching social work students ...