Factors affecting the success of first generation university students at a South African University

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dc.contributor.authorKelly-Laubscher, Roisin
dc.contributor.authorPaxton, Moragh
dc.contributor.authorMajombozi, Ziyanda
dc.contributor.authorMashele, Samukele Sally
dc.contributor.funderWorldwide Universities Networken
dc.contributor.funderUniversity of Cape Townen
dc.contributor.funderNational Research Foundationen
dc.date.accessioned2022-07-22T11:01:43Z
dc.date.available2022-07-22T11:01:43Z
dc.date.issued2018-02-22
dc.date.updated2022-07-22T09:18:43Z
dc.description.abstractIn South Africa, despite increased entry into tertiary education for students from poorer townships and rural areas, failure and drop out rates are still high which means that many are gaining admission without gaining real access to higher education. Although much research has already focused on the broader population of students disadvantaged by the legacy of apartheid, very little has focused on factors affecting the success of students who are the first generation to go to university. We used a Participatory Learning and Action approach to ask students to draw their experiences of the journey to, into and through the university. Using these drawings, students explained their journeys to the researchers and these were video recorded. In this chapter, we will present the journeys of two first generation students at a previously White institution in South Africa.en
dc.description.sponsorshipNational Research Foundation (Grant No 90961)en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionAccepted Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationKelly-Laubscher, R., Paxton, M., Majombozi, Z. and Mashele, S. S. (2018) 'Factors affecting the success of first generation university students at a South African University', in Bell, A. and Santamaría, L. J. (eds.) Understanding Experiences of First-Generation University Students: Culturally Responsive and Sustaining Methodologies. London: Bloomsbury Academic, pp. 97-120.en
dc.identifier.endpage120en
dc.identifier.isbn9781350031845
dc.identifier.startpage97en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/13395
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherBloomsbury Academicen
dc.relation.ispartofUnderstanding Experiences of First-Generation University Students: Culturally Responsive and Sustaining Methodologies
dc.rights© 2018, the Authors. Reproduced by permission of the publisher. All rights reserved.en
dc.subjectFirst generationen
dc.subjectSouth Africaen
dc.subjectParticipatory Learning and Actionen
dc.subjectTransformative research methodologiesen
dc.subjectIdentityen
dc.titleFactors affecting the success of first generation university students at a South African Universityen
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