Christa Beyers
Biographic Data
| ID | 4279871 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christa Beyers |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christa |
| FAMILY NAME | Beyers |
| SIGNATURE | BEYERS C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the Free State |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3409-6891 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Teaching inclusive education: A contextual higher education analysis
While it is widely acknowledged that inclusive education policy is the suitable approach for addressing the diverse needs of South African learners, research in the pilot stages of Education White Paper 6 warned that the implementation of this policy would be complex. Studies have elucidated that there is a chasm between policy and theory on the one hand, and practice on the other hand; a gap between knowledge and the interactional expression the…
Exploring the perceptions of lecturers and final year students about the infusion of inclusion in initial teacher education programmes in South Africa
Introduction South Africa embraced the move to inclusive education after the political transformation in 1994 by partaking in and subscribing to the international Education for All (EFA) drive initiated in 1990 at the Jomtien World Conference on Education for All, which declared that all children, youth and adults should receive a basic education. Furthermore, the Salamanca Statement of 1994 the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of Per…
Exploring Negative Teacher Behaviour towards Learners: The Long-Term Psycho-Emotional Effects
The importance of teachers in a child’s development is well known. However, relatively little research has been conducted on their influence on a child’s psycho-emotional development, and almost none on long-term negative effects. This study aimed to add to the much-needed data in this regard. It focused on 115 respondents in Free State province, South Africa. The respondents consisted of primary and high school teachers, ranging in age from 20 t…
Investigating sexuality education in South African schools: A matter of space, place and culture
Sexuality education has faced various challenges in being successfully implemented within secondary schools in South Africa. Research points towards barriers thereto, which include teacher bias and limited knowledge as core mediators to socially-just education. Research in the subject of Life Orientation, specifically the theme of sexuality education, has largely focused on teacher responses and challenges within the teaching of sexuality. Scant …
Exploring judgement and internal bias of Life Orientation teachers in sexuality teaching
There are various challenges in the teaching of sexuality within a South African multicultural context, as there is no uniform knowledge across learner backgrounds. As such, teachings often revert to the teacher's beliefs, in order to create meaning within the uncertainty, at the expense of the individual learners' personal identity formation. This paper explores the teachers' internal bias and its subsequent influence on the teaching of alternat…
Investigating health factors as predictor of early drop-out of first year accounting students at the University of the Free State, South Africa
Introduction: The future of the South African workforce looks bleak given the challenges posed, not only by health factors, including HIV and AIDS, but also the success and throughput rate of rst year university students. Methodology: The research in this study was conducted in 2013 using a post-positivist approach and applying an interpretive stance using a mixed method approach, which included a quantita- tive non-experimental predictive multiv…
Investigating health factors as predictor of early drop-out of first year accounting students at the University of the Free State, South Africa
Introduction: The future of the South African workforce looks bleak given the challenges posed, not only by health factors, including HIV and AIDS, but also the success and throughput rate of first year university students. Methodology: The research in this study was conducted in 2013 using a post-positivist approach and applying an interpretive stance using a mixed method approach, which included a quantitative non-experimental predictive multiv…
From personal sexuality bias to the life orientation classroom: Bridging the gap with cultural intelligence
The emotive nature of teaching sexuality and culture is widely acknowledged. However, a working model to promote the teaching of sexuality with sensitivity to both learner needs and community social norms is required. This paper proposes to position cultural intelligence as a means to promote the active, as opposed to reactive, nature of teaching sexuality within a multicultural environment. Specifically, cultural intelligence's components of kno…
In search of healthy sexuality: The Gap Between What Youth Want and What Teachers Think They Need
The fact that youth between the ages of 15 and 24 are most vulnerable to contract HIV (UNAIDS, 2011) is a clear indication that adults are failing to provide them with the necessary skills and information to make informed decisions about healthy sexuality. Adults, including teachers, have a responsibility to engage youth about sexuality, in order to challenge critical thinking with the aim of contributing towards healthy and responsible individua…
Troubling Discourse: The Social Justice Approach Towards Combating HIV and Aids Stigmatisation Among Adolescents
This study investigated the experiences of adolescents living with HIV and AIDS. Interviews were conducted with ten black female adolescents who were diagnosed HIV-positive to determine the effect of positive diagnosis on their being. Three of the participants chose to participate in an individual interview, and seven agreed to a focus group interview. Interview data were thematically analysed using panning procedures. Most adolescents reported s…
Can inclusive education in South(ern) Africa survive the HIV and Aids pandemic
Fagan (1986 Fagan, T. K. 1986. School psychology’s dilemma: reappraising solutions and directing attention to the future. American Psychologist, 41: 851–861. [Google Scholar], p. 859) stated many years ago that ‘school psychology has survived the complex interaction between education and psychology, and will continue to do so in future’. Applied and adapted to South(ern) Africa of 2007, one may ask whether inclusive education will survive the com…
In search of healthy sexuality: The Gap Between What Youth Want and What Teachers Think They Need
The fact that youth between the ages of 15 and 24 are most vulnerable to contract HIV (UNAIDS, 2011) is a clear indication that adults are failing to provide them with the necessary skills and information to make informed decisions about healthy sexuality. Adults, including teachers, have a responsibility to engage youth about sexuality, in order to challenge critical thinking with the aim of contributing towards healthy and responsible individua…
Can inclusive education in South(ern) Africa survive the HIV and Aids pandemic
Fagan (1986 Fagan, T. K. 1986. School psychology’s dilemma: reappraising solutions and directing attention to the future. American Psychologist, 41: 851–861. [Google Scholar], p. 859) stated many years ago that ‘school psychology has survived the complex interaction between education and psychology, and will continue to do so in future’. Applied and adapted to South(ern) Africa of 2007, one may ask whether inclusive education will survive the com…
Troubling Discourse: The Social Justice Approach Towards Combating HIV and Aids Stigmatisation Among Adolescents
This study investigated the experiences of adolescents living with HIV and AIDS. Interviews were conducted with ten black female adolescents who were diagnosed HIV-positive to determine the effect of positive diagnosis on their being. Three of the participants chose to participate in an individual interview, and seven agreed to a focus group interview. Interview data were thematically analysed using panning procedures. Most adolescents reported s…
In search of healthy sexuality: The Gap Between What Youth Want and What Teachers Think They Need
The fact that youth between the ages of 15 and 24 are most vulnerable to contract HIV (UNAIDS, 2011) is a clear indication that adults are failing to provide them with the necessary skills and information to make informed decisions about healthy sexuality. Adults, including teachers, have a responsibility to engage youth about sexuality, in order to challenge critical thinking with the aim of contributing towards healthy and responsible individua…
From personal sexuality bias to the life orientation classroom: Bridging the gap with cultural intelligence
The emotive nature of teaching sexuality and culture is widely acknowledged. However, a working model to promote the teaching of sexuality with sensitivity to both learner needs and community social norms is required. This paper proposes to position cultural intelligence as a means to promote the active, as opposed to reactive, nature of teaching sexuality within a multicultural environment. Specifically, cultural intelligence's components of kno…
Investigating health factors as predictor of early drop-out of first year accounting students at the University of the Free State, South Africa
Introduction: The future of the South African workforce looks bleak given the challenges posed, not only by health factors, including HIV and AIDS, but also the success and throughput rate of rst year university students. Methodology: The research in this study was conducted in 2013 using a post-positivist approach and applying an interpretive stance using a mixed method approach, which included a quantita- tive non-experimental predictive multiv…
Investigating health factors as predictor of early drop-out of first year accounting students at the University of the Free State, South Africa
Introduction: The future of the South African workforce looks bleak given the challenges posed, not only by health factors, including HIV and AIDS, but also the success and throughput rate of first year university students. Methodology: The research in this study was conducted in 2013 using a post-positivist approach and applying an interpretive stance using a mixed method approach, which included a quantitative non-experimental predictive multiv…
Exploring judgement and internal bias of Life Orientation teachers in sexuality teaching
There are various challenges in the teaching of sexuality within a South African multicultural context, as there is no uniform knowledge across learner backgrounds. As such, teachings often revert to the teacher's beliefs, in order to create meaning within the uncertainty, at the expense of the individual learners' personal identity formation. This paper explores the teachers' internal bias and its subsequent influence on the teaching of alternat…
Investigating sexuality education in South African schools: A matter of space, place and culture
Sexuality education has faced various challenges in being successfully implemented within secondary schools in South Africa. Research points towards barriers thereto, which include teacher bias and limited knowledge as core mediators to socially-just education. Research in the subject of Life Orientation, specifically the theme of sexuality education, has largely focused on teacher responses and challenges within the teaching of sexuality. Scant …
Exploring the perceptions of lecturers and final year students about the infusion of inclusion in initial teacher education programmes in South Africa
Introduction South Africa embraced the move to inclusive education after the political transformation in 1994 by partaking in and subscribing to the international Education for All (EFA) drive initiated in 1990 at the Jomtien World Conference on Education for All, which declared that all children, youth and adults should receive a basic education. Furthermore, the Salamanca Statement of 1994 the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of Per…
Exploring Negative Teacher Behaviour towards Learners: The Long-Term Psycho-Emotional Effects
The importance of teachers in a child’s development is well known. However, relatively little research has been conducted on their influence on a child’s psycho-emotional development, and almost none on long-term negative effects. This study aimed to add to the much-needed data in this regard. It focused on 115 respondents in Free State province, South Africa. The respondents consisted of primary and high school teachers, ranging in age from 20 t…
Teaching inclusive education: A contextual higher education analysis
While it is widely acknowledged that inclusive education policy is the suitable approach for addressing the diverse needs of South African learners, research in the pilot stages of Education White Paper 6 warned that the implementation of this policy would be complex. Studies have elucidated that there is a chasm between policy and theory on the one hand, and practice on the other hand; a gap between knowledge and the interactional expression the…
Psychology (10 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Pedagogy (6 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Early Childhood Education and Development (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Human sexuality (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (3 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works)