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Challenges faced by incarcerated learners when progressing from Adult Education and Training level 4 to Grade 10

Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2018.

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spelling oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/70122 Challenges faced by incarcerated learners when progressing from Adult Education and Training level 4 to Grade 10 Evans, Rinelle u16255098@tuks.co.za Metsing, Sarel Khoabane UCTD Adult Education and Training (AET) Correctional facility Educationist Incarcerated learners (ILs) Progression Education theses SDG-04 Education theses SDG-08 Education theses SDG-10 Education theses SDG-16 Education theses SDG-17 Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2018. This study was motivated by an observation in the Department of Correctional Services Strategic Plan of 2011 in which the Department targeted 60,9% of learners to participate in the Further Education and Training (FET) band but a mere 13.1% were eligible upon registration. Currently, the South African Department of Correctional Services offers incarcerated learners between 14 to 18 years old (juveniles and youth) an education pathway designed for adults. The purpose of this study was to investigate the challenges experienced by educationists as well as incarcerated learners during this progression. A qualitative research design using an interpretive paradigm was employed. The sample was purposively selected from a correctional facility in the Limpopo, Mpumalanga and North West (LMN) region with two schools inside the correctional facility: one school was for adult learners whilst the other was for juvenile learners. A total of six (6) educationists (3 males and 3 females) and ten (10) male incarcerated learners participated in the study. Only male incarcerated learners were selected for this study because there were no female learners registered full-time for Grades 10 to 12 at either facility. In order to gather data, interviews with educationists were conducted to acquire rich and thick descriptions while more detailed explanations were collected from incarcerated learners (ILs) through reflective essays about how they perceived their progression. The interviews with the educationists were audio recorded. Qualitative data were collected from incarcerated learners through a questionnaire with thirteen (13) questions and used to triangulate and validate the other data sources. The key findings of this study demonstrate that; curriculum matters, learner personal problems, educator perceptions and institutional challenges have a negative impact on learner progression from AET level 4 to Grade 10 within correctional schools. This study will assist policy developers and the Department of Correctional Services to take note of the challenges experienced by the educationists as well as incarcerated learners during the progression from AET level 4 to Grade 10. The study will further help to ensure that either the current curriculum is restructured, or a completely new curriculum is designed to be offered to incarcerated learners lower than Grade 10 within the correctional schools mi2026 Humanities Education MEd Unrestricted SDG-04: Quality education SDG-08: Decent work and economic growth SDG-10: Reduced inequalities SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions SDG-17: Partnerships for the goals 2019-06-02T11:40:09Z 2019-06-02T11:40:09Z 2019/04/15 2018 Dissertation Khoabane, MS 2018, Challenges faced by incarcerated learners when progressing from Adult Education and Training level 4 to Grade 10, MEd Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/70122> A2019 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/70122 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
Adult Education and Training (AET)
Correctional facility
Educationist
Incarcerated learners (ILs)
Progression
Education theses SDG-04
Education theses SDG-08
Education theses SDG-10
Education theses SDG-16
Education theses SDG-17
Challenges faced by incarcerated learners when progressing from Adult Education and Training level 4 to Grade 10
title Challenges faced by incarcerated learners when progressing from Adult Education and Training level 4 to Grade 10
title_full Challenges faced by incarcerated learners when progressing from Adult Education and Training level 4 to Grade 10
title_fullStr Challenges faced by incarcerated learners when progressing from Adult Education and Training level 4 to Grade 10
title_full_unstemmed Challenges faced by incarcerated learners when progressing from Adult Education and Training level 4 to Grade 10
title_short Challenges faced by incarcerated learners when progressing from Adult Education and Training level 4 to Grade 10
title_sort challenges faced by incarcerated learners when progressing from adult education and training level 4 to grade 10
topic UCTD
Adult Education and Training (AET)
Correctional facility
Educationist
Incarcerated learners (ILs)
Progression
Education theses SDG-04
Education theses SDG-08
Education theses SDG-10
Education theses SDG-16
Education theses SDG-17
url http://hdl.handle.net/2263/70122