Transcending disadvantage: life-histories of learners at a township school in South Africa.

<p>This is a study of the discourses of empowerment and disempowerment that emerge from the critical discourse analysis (CDA) of life-histories written by two classes of Grade 11 high school learners in a township school in Cape Town, South Africa. The line of argument presented by this thesis...

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Main Author: Ntete, Susan.
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: 2008
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topic Discourses of empowerment
Discourses of disempowerment
Grade 11 high school learners
Township school in Cape Town
South Africa.
spellingShingle Discourses of empowerment
Discourses of disempowerment
Grade 11 high school learners
Township school in Cape Town
South Africa.
Ntete, Susan.
Transcending disadvantage: life-histories of learners at a township school in South Africa.
description <p>This is a study of the discourses of empowerment and disempowerment that emerge from the critical discourse analysis (CDA) of life-histories written by two classes of Grade 11 high school learners in a township school in Cape Town, South Africa. The line of argument presented by this thesis is that there are political, socio-economic, familial and institutional factors and the discourses that construct them which affect learners&rsquo === resilience.</p>
author Ntete, Susan.
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title Transcending disadvantage: life-histories of learners at a township school in South Africa.
title_short Transcending disadvantage: life-histories of learners at a township school in South Africa.
title_full Transcending disadvantage: life-histories of learners at a township school in South Africa.
title_fullStr Transcending disadvantage: life-histories of learners at a township school in South Africa.
title_full_unstemmed Transcending disadvantage: life-histories of learners at a township school in South Africa.
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