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Petersen, Nadine – South African Journal of Education, 2017
This paper explores novice foundation phase teachers' descriptions of their experiences in the liminal stage between being a student teacher and entering the professional world of the early grade classroom. The term "liminality" was popularised by anthropologist Turner (1969), building on the early work of Van Gennep (1960), in his work…
Descriptors: Teacher Surveys, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Experience, Semi Structured Interviews
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Petersen, Nadine – South African Journal of Education, 2014
In the context of the foundation phase, where women tend to dominate, the increasing numbers of male students entering teaching programmes for this phase of schooling has generated considerable praise, as well as criticism. This paper explores the views of two first-year foundation phase (FP) student cohorts at a Johannesburg university about male…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, Males, Student Attitudes