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Theorising a capability approach to equal participation for undergraduate students at a South African university

Calitz, Talita M. L.; Walker, Melanie; Wilson-Strydom, Merridy (Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2016)

This article applies a capability approach to the problem of unequal participation for working-class, first-generation students at a South African university. Even though access to higher education institutions is increasing ...

Theorising multiply disadvantaged young people’s challenges in accessing higher education

Walker, Melanie; Mkwananzi, Faith (Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2015)

This paper sketches an innovative conceptualisation of disadvantaged youth, shaped dialogically by the interactions of theorising and data from a case study at Orange Farm informal settlement in South Africa in 2013. The ...