scholarly journals Insight into the management and diffusion strategies of HIV / AIDS information in institutions of higher education in South Africa

2013 ◽  
Vol 71 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Luyanda Dube ◽  
D. N. Ocholla
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
South Africa ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
Diffusion Strategies ◽  
Aids Information ◽  
And Diffusion ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Hiv Aids

scholarly journals Understanding Students’ Experiences of Well-Being in Learning Environments

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alisa Stanton ◽  
David Zandvliet ◽  
Rosie Dhaliwal ◽  
Tara Black
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Learning Experiences ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
Interview Protocol ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
Health Promoting ◽  
Qualitative Exploration ◽  
Insight Into

<p>With the recent release of a new international charter on health promoting universities and institutions of higher education, universities and colleges are increasingly interested in providing learning experiences that enhance and support student well-being. Despite the recognition of learning environments as a potential setting for creating and enhancing well-being, limited research has explored students’ own perceptions of well-being in learning environments. This article provides a qualitative exploration of students’ lived experiences of well-being in learning environments within a Canadian post-secondary context. A semi-structured focus group and interview protocol was used to explore students’ own definitions and experiences of well-being in learning environments. The findings illuminate several pathways through which learning experiences contribute to student well-being, and offer insight into how courses may be designed and delivered in ways that enhance student well-being, learning and engagement. The findings also explore the interconnected nature of well-being, satisfaction and deep learning. The relevance for the design and delivery of higher education learning experiences are discussed, and the significance of the findings for university advancement decisions are considered.</p>

scholarly journals Linking psychosocial factors to young South Africans’ intention to use condoms : the moderating role of HIV/AIDS information

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 84-102
Author(s):  
Sam Erevbenagie Usadolo ◽  
◽  
Queen Usadolo ◽  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Condom Use ◽  
Theory Of Planned Behaviour ◽  
Subjective Norm ◽  
Intention To Use ◽  
Eastern Cape ◽  
Planned Behaviour ◽  
Aids Information ◽  
Hiv Aids

The present study examined the constructs of the theory of planned behaviour regarding their predictability of intentions to use a condom among Xhosa-speaking adolescents in Eastern Cape, South Africa, using HIV/AIDS information as a moderator. Design: Quantitative data were collected from 196 adolescents in Eastern Cape, South Africa. A regression analysis was used to test the hypotheses. Results: A regression analysis showed that attitude and perceived behavioural control were significantly related to the intention to use a condom, but subjective norm was not. However, due to the moderating effect of HIV/AIDS information, attitude, perceived behavioural control and subjective norm predicted intention to use a condom. Conclusion: The findings show that HIV/AIDS information plays an important role in increasing the effect of the theory of planned behaviour on intention to use a condom. Thus, more emphasis should be on beliefs about the adverse effects of condom use, the ability to negotiate condom use, and the importance of other significant others in increasing awareness about HIV/AIDS in order to increase intention to use a condom.

scholarly journals Bumping into the Glass Ceiling: Exploring Women’s Experiences Seeking Positional Leadership Roles within the Student Affairs Profession in South Africa

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (Winter) ◽  
pp. 192-195
Author(s):  
Jamie Storey
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
South Africa ◽  
Student Affairs ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Senior Management ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
Leadership Roles ◽  
Leadership Positions ◽  
Management Positions ◽  
Formal Leadership

Despite women’s aspirations to obtain formal leadership positions within institutions of higher education in South Africa, they continue to face barriers that impede their ability to achieve senior management positions. The purpose of this phenomenological study is to explore the meaning women ascribe to the experience of seeking formal leadership positions within the field of student affairs in South Africa.

DACA Funds of Knowledge: Testimonios of Access to and Success in Higher Education

2021 ◽  
pp. 153819272110577
Author(s):  
Steve Daniel Przymus ◽  
Karrabi Malin
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Public Education ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Funds Of Knowledge ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
The Past ◽  
Deferred Action ◽  
Success In Higher Education ◽  
Educational Paths ◽  
Insight Into

Using testimonios, we highlight six current university Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) students’ funds of knowledge, or the lived experiences and culturally developed skills, specific to being DACA recipients, that these students leveraged in the past, currently lean on now for continued success, and learn what resources are lacking at university. Sharing these students’ “DACA funds of knowledge,” of navigating public education to successfully attend institutions of higher education, provides insight into equitable educational paths for those who follow.

scholarly journals O obscurantismo bolsonarista, o neoliberalismo e o produtivismo acadêmico (The Bolsonarist obscurantism, the neoliberalism and the academic productivism)

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 4542134
Author(s):  
Newton Duarte ◽  
Silvia Alves dos Santos ◽  
Elaine Cristina Melo Duarte
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Public Institutions ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Diffusion Of Knowledge ◽  
And Diffusion

The implications of Bolsonarism for the production and diffusion of knowledge in Brazilian public institutions of higher education are analyzed in this article through the development of three theoretical arguments. The first one is that Bolsonarism is part of a broader sociocultural phenomenon that is obscurantism, which places a demand for understanding the processes that feed obscurantism worldwide and in Brazil in particular. The second is that obscurantism is connected in a non-accidental way with neoliberalism understood here as the contemporary form of organization not only of the economy but of all social practice and consequently of the different dimensions of human life. The central political and ideological vector of neoliberalism is that the freedom of individuals can only be ensured by a society that is commanded by the spontaneity of the market. The neoliberal defense of freedom is, in reality, an imprisonment of society to a perspective that removes from human beings the possibility of making choices about the future of humanity. In this sense, the fight against Bolsonarism may not achieve significant results if it is not part of the struggle for the liberation of society from imprisonment to market logic. The third argument presented in this article is that productivism, as an academic expression of neoliberalism, configures the production and diffusion of knowledge in public institutions of higher education in a way that favors the penetration of obscurantism in academic life.ResumoAs implicações do bolsonarismo para a produção e difusão de conhecimentos nas instituições públicas de ensino superior são analisadas neste artigo por meio do desenvolvimento de três argumentos teóricos. O primeiro deles é o de que o bolsonarismo é parte de um fenômeno sociocultural mais amplo que é o obscurantismo, o que coloca a exigência de compreensão dos processos que alimentam o obscurantismo no mundo todo e no Brasil em particular. O segundo é o de que o obscurantismo, por sua vez, mantém relações não acidentais com o neoliberalismo, entendido este como a forma contemporânea de organização não só da economia, mas de toda a prática social e, por consequência, das diversas dimensões da vida humana. O vetor político e ideológico central do neoliberalismo é o de que a liberdade dos indivíduos só pode ser assegurada por uma sociedade que seja comandada pela espontaneidade do mercado. A defesa neoliberal da liberdade é, na realidade, um aprisionamento da sociedade a uma perspectiva que retira dos seres humanos a possibilidade de fazerem escolhas sobre o futuro da humanidade. Nesse sentido, a luta contra o bolsonarismo pode não alcançar resultados significativos se não for parte da luta pela libertação da sociedade do aprisionamento à lógica de mercado. O terceiro argumento apresentado neste artigo é o de que o produtivismo, como expressão acadêmica do neoliberalismo, configura a produção e difusão do conhecimento nas instituições públicas de ensino superior de maneira favorecedora da penetração do obscurantismo na vida acadêmica.Palavras-chave: Bolsonarismo, Obscurantismo, Neoliberalismo, Produtivismo acadêmico.Keywords: Bolsonarism, Obscurantism, Neoliberalism, Academic productivism.ReferencesANTUNES, Ricardo. Os sentidos do trabalho. Ensaio sobre a afirmação e a negação do trabalho. São Paulo, SP: Boitempo, 2009.GARRISON, Roger W. Hayek and Friedman: Head to Head In: SEA (Southern Economic Association) Meeting, New Orleans, EUA, 2007, p. 1-21. Disponível em: <http://webhome.auburn.edu/~garriro/hayek%20and%20friedman.pdf> Acesso: 08/07/2020.HAYEK, Friedrich A. Law, Legislation and Liberty. Londres, Inglaterra: Routledge, 2013.MADRA, Yahya M.; ADAMAN, Fikret. Neoliberal reason and its forms: de-politicisation through economisation. Antipode: a radical journal of Geography. England and Wales, vol. 46, n. 3, pp. 691-716, 2014.MARCOS, Fabrício L. F. Mecanismos de despolitização da esfera pública no Brasil atual. Dissertação de Mestrado em Ciência Política. Lisboa: Universidade de Lisboa, 2018.McLUHAN, Marshall. Understanding Media: the extensions of man. Berkeley, California, EUA: Gingko Press, 2013.RAMOS, Marise N. Pedagogia das Competências: autonomia ou adaptação? São Paulo: Cortez, 2001.ROCHA, Igor Tadeu Camilo. Governo Bolsonaro: ala “técnica” é também ideológica. Blog Entendendo Bolsonaro. Artigo publicado em 03/09/2019. Disponível em: <https://entendendobolsonaro.blogosfera.uol.com.br/2019/09/03/ala-tecnica-do-governo-bolsonaro-e-tambem-ideologica/> Acesso: 21/06/2020.SGUISSARDI, Valdemar; SILVA JR., João. R. O trabalho intensificado nas federais: pós-graduação e produtivismo acadêmico. São Paulo: Xamã, 2009.e4542134

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