Social Work: Recent submissions
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Participatory learning: a people centred way of working in community development
(Unisa Press, 1995)In this article the authors propose a participatory learning approach to skill and knowledge acquisition in people centered community development knowing that it isn't always quick and easy but exciting and worth it. -
Working conditions of social workers in rural areas in South Africa
(Unisa Press, 2004)This article presents the results of one of the aspects of an exploratory study that was conducted by the author with rural social workers. The working conditions of 45 social workers are described. -
Video conferencing in Unisa social work practicals: structure and strategies
(Unisa Press, 2000)This article describes participatory research by lecturers using video conferencing systems and an instructional designer. This research article sets out to describe a project during the consolidation stage of using video ... -
"Too close for comfort": perceptions and experiences of people affected by day labourers at three hiring sites in Tshwane, South Africa
(Unisa Press, 2009)This article explores the perceptions and experiences of people affected by day labourers in Tshwane. All the existing research on day labourers focuses on the day labourers themselves, not on teh people with whom they ... -
Young South African adults perceptions of parent psychological control and antisocial behaviour
(Society for Personality Research (Inc.), 2012)We extended prior research by investigating perceptions of parental psychological control as a contributor to young adults’ antisocial behavior in a sample of 382 South African university students aged between 18 and 25 ... -
Maternal parenting in single and two-parent families in South Africa from a child's perspective
(Society for Personality Research (Inc.), 2011)Single mothers are often perceived and depicted as being ineffective parents in comparison to their married counterparts, but this may not always be the case. A sample consisting of 245 children (72% in married mother ... -
Body image satisfaction among a sample of black female South African students
(Society for Personality Research (Inc.), 2009)Numerous research studies have established a strong relationship between body dissatisfaction and eating disorders. As more and more young people in South Africa embrace Western values, the aspiration to attain the Western ... -
Phronesis and adverse childhood experiences of social work students
(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 ... -
Integration of theory and practice in Social Work: challenges and triumphs
(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). ... -
The implications of adverse childhood experiences for the professional requirements of social work
(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 ... -
"Satsified and/or dissatisfied?" The experience-based perceptions of social work student customers of studying at an open and distance-learning university
(University of Stellenbosch, 2013)Introduction: When labelling institutions of higher education as “service industries”, the consumers of services of such higher institutions can no longer only be regarded as “students” but should be viewed as “customers”. ... -
Conceptual research on the term facilitation: reducing an elephant to chewable chunks
(University of Stellenbosch, 2007)Aim of the article: With this article the researchers used a conceptual research process to: explore the meanings of the concept of facilitation; identify the key facilitating actions/behaviours of the facilitator and the ... -
The socio-economic reality of being a day labourer in Pretoria
(University of Stellenbosch, 2006)Introduction: The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of the circumstances which day labourers, and their families, have to face in Pretoria. The results of this study are compared with studies on the day-labour ... -
The perception of the professional self of social workers in private practice
(University of Stellenbosch, 2006)Introduction: The professional self is that part of the social worker that is guided and informed by the values, ethics and principles of the social work profession. It represents a way of conducting oneself as a social ... -
The socio-economic realities of the social work students of the University of South Africa
(University of Stellenbosch, 2009)Introduction: When a tertiary institution such as the University of South Africa (Unisa) agrees to offer training for a profession such as social work, it accepts the responsibility of educating students according to the ... -
An exploratory study on day labourers in Elardus Park, Pretoria
(University of Stellenbosch., 2005)On Barnard Street, Elardus Park in Pretoria men are standing, raising a finger or miming a skill to attract the attention of potential employees. It is also common to see men swarm around a car, pointing to themselves in ... -
A descriptive study of the perceptions and behaviours of waterpipe use by university students in the Western Cape, South Africa
(BioMed Central, 2013)Background: Waterpipe smoking started as a cultural phenomenon but has become a social phenomenon. Hookah cafes are an increasingly popular venue for socializing. Studies suggest that waterpipe users perceive smoking the ... -
Does family structure matter? comparing the life goals and aspirations of learners in secondary schools
(Education Association of South Africa, 2013)The aim of this study was to compare the goals and aspirations of learners from single- and two-parent families. The study used a quantitative methodology with a cross-sectional comparative group design. The sample ... -
Day labourers in Pretoria, Windhoek and the United States - a comparison of two capitals and a different world
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2008)Purpose: The aim of this paper is to compare the economic dynamics of day labouring in two Southern African capital cities, namely Windhoek and Pretoria, against the background of the experiences of day labourers in a ... -
Living on what others throw away: an exploration of a socio-economic circumstances of people collecting and selling recyclable waste
(Unisa Press, 2011)Street waste pickers are becoming a common sight on the streets of South Africa’s cities and suburbs. Little research has been done on this social phenomenon. The aim of this article is to explore some of the socioeconomic ...