Low-Income Students, Human Development and Higher Education in South Africa : Opportunities, obstacles and outcomes by Walker, Melanie

Table of Contents: “…Emotional balance domain -- Inclusion and participation domain -- Future work or study -- Step three: Miratho Matrix -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER 5 -- Opportunities and obstacles in achieving higher education access -- Material conversion factors: Money/funding -- Educational conversion factors: Schooling -- Environmental conversion factors: Geography and community -- Geography -- Community -- Social conversion factors: Information and extended family and significant others -- Information -- Extended families and significant others -- Personal conversion factors: Attitudes, values and characteristics -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER 6 -- Possibilities for student transformation through capability-enhancing university participation -- Part 1: Academic participation -- Material conversion factors and students' engagement in processes of learning -- Environmental conversion factors and students' experiences of university -- Social conversion factors and students' experiences of being at university -- Educational conversion factors -- Part 2: Non-academic participation -- Personal conversion factors and students' engagement in extra-curricular activities -- Conclusion: Conversion factors for university participation -- Summary of findings about capabilities for participation -- CHAPTER 7 -- Pathways for moving on from university -- Part 1: Different pathways for moving on from university for Miratho students -- Further study pathway -- Employment pathway -- No pathway: Studies completed but unemployed -- Part 2: How conversion factors influenced moving-on pathways -- Educational conversion factors and their effect on labour market opportunities -- Material conversion factors and their influence on moving on -- Social conversion factors and their effects on moving on -- Environmental conversion factors and moving on -- Personal conversion factors and students' moving on.…”
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