Patterns of empowerment in individuals through the course of a life-skills programme in South Africa

Albertyn, Ruth; Kapp, Chris; Groenewald, Cornie

doi:10.1080/02660830.2001.11661453

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“…A common theme in several articles (Albertyn et al, 2001;Alexiou, 2005;Crowther et al, 1999;Crowther, 2000;English, 2005English, , 2006Fenwick, 2001Fenwick, , 2002Hughes, 2000) is analyses of practices of resistance and, in some of them, also discussions on how such practices can be created based on Foucault's conception of power and knowledge. Usually one relates power to governing in a specific way.…”

Section: Eclectic Uses Of Foucaultmentioning

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What's the use of Foucault in research on lifelong learning and post-compulsory education? A review of four academic journals

Fejes

2008

Studies in the Education of Adults

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Published in Studies of the education of adults, 40(1), 7-23. AbstractThe aim of this article is to contribute to a discussion of what potential the use of Foucault has in relation to the field of lifelong learning and post-compulsory education. Such a discussion is based on an analysis focusing on the uses of Foucault in articles published in four academic journals in this field between 1999 and 2006. Based on a qualitative analysis, four main uses were construed: an interpretative strategy, an eclectic use, a way to pose an argument and decoration. Based on my findings, I argue that the uses of Foucault in this area of research as represented in these journals are to a large extent superficial and to some extent more in the nature of a revitalised critical discourse. Further, I argue that uses of Foucault, especially as a main interpretative strategy, help us to make visible our taken-for-granted ideas about adult education and lifelong learning; how power operates in these practices and what the effects of such operations are.

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Section: Eclectic Uses Of Foucaultmentioning

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What's the use of Foucault in research on lifelong learning and post-compulsory education? A review of four academic journals

Fejes

2008

Studies in the Education of Adults

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“…Power is envisaged as being productive, creative, effective, active and part of everyday life (Albertyn, Kapp, & Groenewald 2001). Empowerment embodies the sense that power comes from within; if a person is feeling strong and energised, she or he will be effective.…”

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Multilingual teachers’ voices: Perceptions about the impact of language

Webb

2012

Education as Change

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Many teachers in South Africa teach mainly in English, which is not their home language. In order to elicit their inner voices about language issues, 176 senior phase teachers in rural, peri-urban and urban regions of the Eastern Cape were encouraged to write poetry about their perceptions of the impact of language in their lives. The most prevalent conflict they expressed was the dominance of English juxtaposed against the subordination of their home languages, either isiXhosa or Afrikaans. They felt that English gave them access to education and upward employment mobility, whereas they were excluded from various discourses when they used their home languages. The use of poetry to understand how teachers make meaning of the potential conflicts caused by teaching in English revealed feelings and emotions that may not have been as obvious, or as evocative, if other data-gathering methods had been used. Further research is suggested strategies that could use both English and the pupils' home languages as a resource in multilingual classrooms.

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“…Powerlessness in various individuals, groups and communities spawns the need for empowerment interventions, as powerless individuals lose their ability to make choices and are more subjected to external prescriptions of others (Albertyn et al 2002). However, it should be noted that powerlessness is a relative concept, which is dependent of the type of capital valued in a particular situation.…”

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“…Powerless individuals or groups often have a strong natural support network and they should be encouraged to tap into this network. It is also important to ensure that they are offered the skills to help them make the choices that are important to their life circumstances (Albertyn et al 2002). These empowerment principles should be applied in the community-university interaction.…”

Section: Power and Powerlessnessmentioning

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<i>Siyazama</i> Entrepreneurial Development Project: Challenges of a Community-University Partnership within a Faculty of Theology

Botha¹,

Albertyn²

2013

Acta. Theol.

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Calls for global relevance and accountability are prevalent in private-public partnerships. Current community engagement projects in higher educational institutions reflect this focus. The academic partner can play a boundary spanning (bridge building) role in a community-university partnership. The university partner often enters the partnership without full realisation of the challenges of its role. The Siyazama Craft Project, an entrepreneurial development intervention for poverty alleviation in Stellenbosch is an example of the boundary spanning role of the academic partner in the Faculty of Theology. This intervention is in line with the community interaction policy of the faculty and the university. The Siyazama entrepreneurship project is described, and challenges experienced during the course of planning, implementation and evaluation are presented. Identification of challenges in projects of this nature could provide insight for university partners in development projects. Findings could be applied to the broader context of publicprivate partnerships, which form part of corporate social responsibility projects in response to needs for relevance, accountability and responsible sustainable development.Marietjie J. Botha, Programme manager: Capacity building,

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Patterns of empowerment in individuals through the course of a life-skills programme in South Africa

Cited by 14 publications

References 15 publications

What's the use of Foucault in research on lifelong learning and post-compulsory education? A review of four academic journals

What's the use of Foucault in research on lifelong learning and post-compulsory education? A review of four academic journals

Multilingual teachers’ voices: Perceptions about the impact of language

<i>Siyazama</i> Entrepreneurial Development Project: Challenges of a Community-University Partnership within a Faculty of Theology

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