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Learners’ understanding of their right to freedom of expression in South Africa
Thesis (PhD (Education Management))--University of Pretoria, 2005.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/25528 Learners’ understanding of their right to freedom of expression in South Africa Beckmann, Johan L. Blignaut, Anita Seugnet wvvollen@postino.up.ac.za Van Vollenhoven, Willem Johannes Freedom of expression artistic expression Democracy symbolic expression Absolutising religious expression Limitation authoritarianism Core right understanding UCTD Thesis (PhD (Education Management))--University of Pretoria, 2005. Newspapers often report on the violation of learners’ rights. Many of these violations and critical incidents are related to the right to freedom of expression, which is internationally viewed as a core right in a democracy. My inquiry focused on grade 11 learners’ understanding of the right to freedom of expression. It is important to understand learners’ understanding of the right to freedom of expression, as they are the leaders of tomorrow and the right to freedom of expression is central to the survival of democracy. This inquiry was informed by an interpretivist paradigm. Atlas.ti™ was used to systematically analyse the data and categorise it into three hermeneutic units. This computer-aided qualitative data analysis software (CAQDAS) tool facilitated the process of analysis and enhanced the validity of the research. During the inductive process of analysis two patterns crystallised, viz. the absolutising of the right to freedom of expression by some learners and the lack of skills to implement the limitation to the right to freedom of expression in schools. The main findings indicated that some learners did not have knowledge regarding the right to freedom of expression, although most learners were aware that they could speak their minds under this right. Furthermore, learners didn’t seem to know how to exercise the right to freedom of expression. One of the factors disrupting the implementation of the right to freedom of expression in schools is the perpetuation of an authoritarian culture in schools. Theoretical and practical recommendations are suggested and avenues for future research are identified. Education Management and Policy Studies unrestricted 2013-09-06T22:08:35Z 2006-06-14 2013-09-06T22:08:35Z 2005-10-12 2005 2006-06-14 Thesis Van Vollenhoven, W 2005, Learners’ understanding of their right to freedom of expression in South Africa, PhD thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25528 > http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25528 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-06142006-130531/ © 2005, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Freedom of expression artistic expression Democracy symbolic expression Absolutising religious expression Limitation authoritarianism Core right understanding UCTD Learners’ understanding of their right to freedom of expression in South Africa |
| title | Learners’ understanding of their right to freedom of expression in South Africa |
| title_full | Learners’ understanding of their right to freedom of expression in South Africa |
| title_fullStr | Learners’ understanding of their right to freedom of expression in South Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Learners’ understanding of their right to freedom of expression in South Africa |
| title_short | Learners’ understanding of their right to freedom of expression in South Africa |
| title_sort | learners understanding of their right to freedom of expression in south africa |
| topic | Freedom of expression artistic expression Democracy symbolic expression Absolutising religious expression Limitation authoritarianism Core right understanding UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25528 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-06142006-130531/ |