Eleanor Lemmer
Biographic Data
| ID | 239409 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Eleanor Lemmer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Eleanor |
| FAMILY NAME | Lemmer |
| SIGNATURE | LEMMER E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of South Africa |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7245-7403 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Problems and Prospects in Early Childhood Education Provisioning in Turkey and South Africa
The benefits of early childhood development (ECD) programmes are strongly supported by evidence of reduced school dropout and repetition rates. However, the literature on ECD is primarily grounded in research based in the United States (US); in the light of this gap in the literature, this paper provides a comparative overview of ECD policy and practice from outside of the US, namely in South Africa and Turkey. As a theoretical framework the pape…
The Postgraduate Supervisor Under Scrutiny
Effective postgraduate supervision is a critical indicator of individual scholarship and institutional reputation. This paper uses autoethnography to scrutinize critical moments in the author’s enactment of the supervisory role over a lengthy career at a distance education university, where supervision takes place through face-to-face consultation, distance education, or a combination of both modes. Autoethnography, an innovative addition to the …
Gender-based Violence in Primary Schools in the Harare and Marondera Districts of Zimbabwe
Gender-based violence is violence directed against any person on the basis of gender, including acts that inflict physical, mental or sexual harm or threats of such acts. Although any person is a risk, women and girls are the primary victims of gender-based violence. Informed by womanist theory, this paper reports on a qualitative study of gender-based violence in Zimbabwean primary schools. Participants were twenty girls who had been victims of …
Educational Renewal in South Africa
Invisible barriers
South African women are playing an increasingly important role in public life. However, social trends show that gender equity has not been attained. Barriers to the full realization of female potential are intemal and extemal. Attitudes towards women within the particular context of South African society are examined. Sex-role ideology, moulded by the patriarchal character of South African society and concomitant authoritarian norms, is investiga…
Invisible barriers
South African women are playing an increasingly important role in public life. However, social trends show that gender equity has not been attained. Barriers to the full realization of female potential are intemal and extemal. Attitudes towards women within the particular context of South African society are examined. Sex-role ideology, moulded by the patriarchal character of South African society and concomitant authoritarian norms, is investiga…
Educational Renewal in South Africa
Gender-based Violence in Primary Schools in the Harare and Marondera Districts of Zimbabwe
Gender-based violence is violence directed against any person on the basis of gender, including acts that inflict physical, mental or sexual harm or threats of such acts. Although any person is a risk, women and girls are the primary victims of gender-based violence. Informed by womanist theory, this paper reports on a qualitative study of gender-based violence in Zimbabwean primary schools. Participants were twenty girls who had been victims of …
The Postgraduate Supervisor Under Scrutiny
Effective postgraduate supervision is a critical indicator of individual scholarship and institutional reputation. This paper uses autoethnography to scrutinize critical moments in the author’s enactment of the supervisory role over a lengthy career at a distance education university, where supervision takes place through face-to-face consultation, distance education, or a combination of both modes. Autoethnography, an innovative addition to the …
Problems and Prospects in Early Childhood Education Provisioning in Turkey and South Africa
The benefits of early childhood development (ECD) programmes are strongly supported by evidence of reduced school dropout and repetition rates. However, the literature on ECD is primarily grounded in research based in the United States (US); in the light of this gap in the literature, this paper provides a comparative overview of ECD policy and practice from outside of the US, namely in South Africa and Turkey. As a theoretical framework the pape…
Psychology (4 works) · Political science (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Development economics (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Gender Roles and Identity Studies (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Authoritarianism (1 work)