Building Community One Child at a Time: A Grassroots Approach to Taking Young South Africans off the Streets

Autor/in	Polk, Denise M.
Titel	Building Community One Child at a Time: A Grassroots Approach to Taking Young South Africans off the Streets
Quelle	In: Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 12 (2017) 3, S.227-243 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1746-1979
DOI	10.1177/1746197916663356
Schlagwörter	Poverty; Violence; Semi Structured Interviews; Foreign Countries; Correlation; Family School Relationship; Social Support Groups; Wellness; Coping; Community Development; Attitude Change; Social Justice; Interpersonal Relationship; Study Abroad; Undergraduate Students; Video Technology; Resilience (Psychology); Dropouts; Reentry Students; Qualitative Research; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Armut; Gewalt; Ausland; Korrelation; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Well being; Well-being; Wohlbefinden; Bewältigung; Community; Development; Entwicklung; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Zweiter Bildungsweg; Qualitative Forschung; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	Young South Africans face challenges in their attempts to rise out of the poverty and community violence surrounding them. These challenges might affect their sense of well-being. A thematic analysis based on semi-structured interviews from 18 field workers who work for a non-governmental organization focused on helping children in the Western Cape area return to school revealed several themes. These themes illustrate links between the young South Africans, their families, their schools, and their communities--and the struggles they face. Analysis also revealed that interpersonal processes may change perceptions about social support, the ability to enhance well-being, and create a sense of joint responsibility. These may contribute to Prilleltensky's wellness as fairness and point to the important role that communal coping may serve in helping South Africans rebuild their communities. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01