Manifestations of "Capabilities Poverty" with Learners Attending Informal Settlement Schools

Autor/in	Maarman, Rouaan
Titel	Manifestations of "Capabilities Poverty" with Learners Attending Informal Settlement Schools
Quelle	In: South African Journal of Education, 29 (2009) 3, S.317-331 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0256-0100
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Student Experience; Poverty; Barriers; Well Being; Social Bias; At Risk Persons; Phenomenology; Elementary Secondary Education; Socioeconomic Influences; Blacks; Educational Research; Democracy; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Studienerfahrung; Armut; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Risikogruppe; Phenomenological psychology; Phänomenologie; Psychologie; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Black person; Schwarzer; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Demokratie; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	In this study I use the notion of "capabilities poverty", as theorised by Sen, to examine the experiences of learners attending informal settlement schools in North-West Province, South Africa. Sen distinguishes between functionings (what people do or their ability to do something) and capabilities (various combinations of what people do, their notions of freedom, what life opportunities they may have). The study was based on a sample of respondents from four schools in the Sarafina informal settlement in Ikageng Township in the municipal district of Tlokwe (Potchefstroom). It captured some complexities of schooling within South Africa's democratic educational framework and clearly exposed the manifestations of capabilities poverty. The precise location of capabilities poverty within the plethora of poverty approaches presents educational research with a reality check when looking at informal settlement schools. The study revealed a multiplicity of barriers for informal settlement learners that prevent them from choosing the educational experience they value and contributes to research into the nuanced nature of the interface between poverty and schooling. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Education Association of South Africa. University of Pretoria, Centre for the Study of Resilience, Level 3, Groenkloof Student Centre, Department of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Education, George Storrar Road and Lleyds Street, Pretoria 0001, South Africa. Tel: +27-12-420-5798; Fax: +27-12-420-5511; Web site: http://www.sajournalofeducation.co.za/index.php/saje/index
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Update	2020/1/01