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Perspectives on Student Affairs in South Africa edited by McGlory Speckman and Martin Mandew ; foreword by Prof. Ahmed Bawa.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Counseling in higher education--South Africa.
- Counseling in higher education.
- Student affairs services--South Africa.
- Student affairs services.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF (xiv, 154 pages) :) illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2014
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The goal of Perspectives on Student Affairs in South Africa is to generate interest in student affairs in South Africa. The papers contained herein are based on best practice, local experience and well-researched international and local theories. The papers in this book deal with matters pertaining to international and national trends in student affairs: academic development, access and retention, counseling and material support for students coming from disadvantaged backgrounds. They are linked to national and international developments, as described in the first two papers. This publication will assist both young and experienced practitioners as they grow into their task of developing the students entrusted to them. All contributors are South Africans with a great deal of experience in student affairs, and all are committed to the advancement of student affairs in South Africa. The editors are former heads of student affairs portfolios at two leading South African universities.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Biographical notes
- Introduction
- Key challenges facing student affairs: An international perspective
- Summary
- Understanding student affairs in developed and developing regions
- Influences of internationalisation on student affairs
- The quest for a normative framework
- Professionalising an emerging discipline
- Influences of globalisation on student affairs
- Conclusion
- Notes
- An overview of critical issues in the student affairs profession: A South African perspective
- The foundation of the student affairs profession
- The transformation agenda
- Financial needs and challenges of students
- Cultivating and developing ethical leadership
- The way forward
- Note
- Academic development: Bridging the gap for student development and success
- Towards a dialogical relationship
- What is 'academic development'?
- Unpacking 'disadvantage'
- Deficient Others
- Coming in from the cold
- Building firm foundations
- Hitting the sweet spot
- Are we there yet?
- Put your money where your mouth is
- Critical questions for the student affairs movement
- Student success as the number one affair in student affairs: A structural inequality outlook
- Stock-taking in the South African context
- Enhancing student success and understanding learning
- A return to basics: Selected views on factors preventing access to higher education in South Africa
- Education in South Africa
- Our study
- Recommendations
- The ethical challenges of a student counselling professional: When is discretion permissible?
- Problem statement
- Central ethical issues.
- Relevant central concepts, codes and laws
- Management suggestions
- The place of social work as a support service for tertiary students
- The university community context
- Rationale for social work services
- Needs of students
- Students with disabilities
- International students
- Social work practice
- The role of the social worker
- Towards an asset-based model: A critical reflection on student material support with special reference to clienthood/citizenship tension
- Clienthood and citizenship
- Material support as an enabler
- Material support, beneficence and clienthood
- The context of material support
- Interventions and evaluation
- Towards an asset-based model
- Bibliography
- Back cover.
- Notes:
- Issued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
- Includes bibliographical references (page [145]-154).
- CC BY
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781920677602
- 1920677607
- OCLC:
- 891688206
- Publisher Number:
- https://doi.org/10.47622/9781920677442
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