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EXPLORING FACTORS AFFECTING LEARNER MOTIVATION IN TOWNSHIP SCHOOLS

Year 2025, Volume: 11 Issue: 31, 55 - 63, 19.05.2025

Msuswa Petrus Mabena

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15311924

Abstract

The word township in this regard includes places that were formally designed for black people during apartheid period as residential arears and places formally known as homelands. This is attested by Tshuma (2023) when he says, “The apartheid planning system resulted in townships (i.e., urban settlements) acting as dormitories for the labour requirements of the mining industry and later manufacturing and services during apartheid.” Added to these arears are the informal settlements where people are either occupying the land informally as residential places or are allocated by the government formally as waiting residents. Tshuma (2023) says the following about these places, “New urban townships have emerged characterised by rapid growth, large informal settlements, proximity to metropolitan areas, and their role as the first stop for new rural and cross-border migrants - for instance, Diepsloot in Gauteng and Khayelitsha in Cape Town.” This paper seeks to explore some of the factors that can be identified as contributing factors to this challenge with the hope of contributing towards the solution. The data has been collected by using qualitative methodology, employing secondary data collection method. This paper however does not suggest that all learners from township schools lack motivation to do their work.

Keywords

Townships informal settlement homelands motivation

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Year 2025, Volume: 11 Issue: 31, 55 - 63, 19.05.2025

Msuswa Petrus Mabena

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15311924

Abstract

References

  • Adell, M. A. (2002). Strategies for improving performance in adolescents. Madrid: Piramide 2002.
  • Andrews, S.P. & Taylor, P.B. (1998). Evaluation of an alternative discipline program. High School Journal, 81(4):209, April / May.
  • Bandura, A. (1997). Self-efficacy: The exercise of control. New York: W. H. Freeman
  • Bowen, G. (2009). Document Analysis as a Qualitative Research Method. Qualitative Research Journal 9(2): 27-40.
  • Denzin, N & Lincoln, L. (2003). Collecting and Interpreting Qualitative Materials. Sage Publication, Inc.
  • Guest, G & Fleming, P. J. (2014). Mixed methods of research. In G. Guest & E. Namey (Eds.), Public health research methods (pp.581-610). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage
  • Hall, K. & De Lannoy, A. (2012). Education-Learner-to-educator ratio. Available: http://www.southafrica.info/about/education/education. Date accessed 3 July 2012.
  • Legotlo, M.W, Maaga, M.P & Sebego, M.G. (2002). Perceptions of stakeholders on causes of poor performance in grade 12 in a province in South Africa.
  • South African Journal of Education, 22 (2): 113-118.
  • Louw, B. (1993). Irony in the text or insincerity in the writer? The diagnostic potential of semantic prosodies. In M. Baker, G. Francis, & E. Tognini-Bonelli (Eds.), Text and technology: In honour of John Sinclair (pp. 157-176). Amsterdam: John Benjamins
  • Mabeba, M.Z & Prinsloo, E. (2000). Perceptions of discipline and ensuing discipline problems in secondary education. SA journal of Education, 20(1); 34-41 Febr.
  • Mabena, N, Mokgosi, P.N, Ramapela, S.S. (2021). Factors Contributing to Poor Learner Performance in Mathematics: A case of selected schools in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa. Problems of Education in the 21st century Vol. 79, No. 3, 2021
  • Mahajan, S. (2014). Economics of South African Townships: Special Focus on Diepsloot. A World Bank Study. Washington, DC: The World Bank. https://doi.org/10.1596/978-1-4648-0301-7 [Accessed on the 11th of April 2024].
  • Masitsa, M.G. (1995). The establishment of a learning culture as a prerequisite for academic achievement. University of South Africa: (DEd thesis).
  • Masitsa, M.G. (2003). South African Journal of Education Copyright © 2011 EASA Vol 31:163-174
  • Mlambo, S. (2024). Township vs suburban schools: Who performed better in Gauteng, IOL. ttps://www.iol.co.za [accessed 23/04/2024]
  • Moloi, P.I.M. (2002). The role of the parents in discipline as an aspect of school safety. Johannesburg : RAU. (M.Ed. dissertation).
  • Munn, N.L. (1996). The evolution and growth of human behavior. London: Harrap.
  • Nkanzela, D.N. (2015). Factors contributing to low academic performance of Grade twelve learners in Mbizana District. University of Zululand: (PhD Thesis).
  • Polkinghorne, E.(1989). Phenomenological research methods. Existential-phenomenological perspectives in psychology.
  • Rammala, M. S. (2009). Factors contributing towards poor performance of grade 12 learners at Manoshi and Mokwatedi High Schools. University of Limpopo: (M.A. dissertation.)
  • Rantoa, L. (2010), Liturgical aspects of funeral services in Reformed Churches of African origin, Verbum et Ecclesia | Vol 31, No 1 | a361 |
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/ve.v31i1.361 | © 2010 Rantoa Letsosa | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0 Submitted: 24 November 2009 | Published: 01 October 2010
  • Rossouw, J.P. (2003). Learner discipline in South African public schools - a qualitative study. Koers: Bulletin for Christian Scholarship, 68(4):413–435
  • Swartz, S., Harding, J.H. & De Lannoy, A. (2012) Ikasi style and the quiet violence of dreams: a critique of youth belonging in post-apartheid South Africa. Comparative Education. 48(1):27-40. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/3539
  • Tok, S. (2011).The big five personality traits and high-risk sport participation Social Behavior and Personality, 39 (2011), pp. 1105-1112
  • Tshuma, M. (2023). Why the township economy matter? http://www.econ3x3.org/sites/default/files/articles/Tshuma%2C%20M_Why%20the%20township%20economy%20matters.pdf
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Primary Language English
Subjects International Relations (Other)
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Msuswa Petrus Mabena

Early Pub Date April 30, 2025
Publication Date May 19, 2025
Submission Date December 26, 2024
Acceptance Date April 12, 2025
Published in Issue Year 2025 Volume: 11 Issue: 31

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EndNote Mabena MP (May 1, 2025) EXPLORING FACTORS AFFECTING LEARNER MOTIVATION IN TOWNSHIP SCHOOLS. IJASOS- International E-journal of Advances in Social Sciences 11 31 55–63.
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