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University lecturers' agency in enabling student academic success
Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2018.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/69945 University lecturers' agency in enabling student academic success Calitz, Talita u17273073@tuks.co.za Weber, K.E. Myburgh, Zahida UCTD University lecturers Agency Student success Academic success Higher education Education theses SDG-04 Education theses SDG-08 Education theses SDG-10 Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2018. The purpose of this study was to explore whether, and how, university lecturers act as key agents of change and transformational leaders. The study determined that lecturers operationalise a capability set (essentially comprised of knowledge, skills, experience and control over their environment) into functionings to enable student academic success, regardless of possible constraints. The successful navigation of constraints to lecturers’ initiatives to provide support is indicative of lecturer agency. The focus was on intervention or support strategies in teaching and learning that enabled students’ academic success. Qualitative data for this case study were collected through semi-structured interviews with a purposive sample of science, mathematics and education lecturers at a university in Gauteng. The conceptual framework draws on the capability approach, which conceptualises human development and well-being in relation to human agency. The study found that successful strategies can be sustainable and transferable to expand opportunities for academic success. The findings of this study confirm that lecturers act agentically by employing strategies that enable student academic success at university. bs2026 Education Management and Policy Studies MEd Unrestricted SDG-04: Quality education SDG-08: Decent work and economic growth SDG-10: Reduced inequalities 2019-06-02T11:39:32Z 2019-06-02T11:39:32Z 2019/04/16 2018 Dissertation Myburgh, Z 2018, University lecturers' agency in enabling student academic success, MEd Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/69945> A2019 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/69945 en © 2019 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 University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD University lecturers Agency Student success Academic success Higher education Education theses SDG-04 Education theses SDG-08 Education theses SDG-10 University lecturers' agency in enabling student academic success |
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| title_full | University lecturers' agency in enabling student academic success |
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| title_full_unstemmed | University lecturers' agency in enabling student academic success |
| title_short | University lecturers' agency in enabling student academic success |
| title_sort | university lecturers agency in enabling student academic success |
| topic | UCTD University lecturers Agency Student success Academic success Higher education Education theses SDG-04 Education theses SDG-08 Education theses SDG-10 |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/69945 |